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R E L I Q^U E S 

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ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: 

CONSISTIHO OF 

Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other 

Pieces of out eailier Poets, 

(Chiefly of the Lykic Idnd.) 

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CONTENTS br VOLUME THE SECOND. 

BOOK THE FIRST. 

3 . -*/« original hfUa J fy Chaucer ~ . _ 

\* *^ he 7 ournamtii of Tottenham — _ 

S- ,^'''' '^' ^iV7tfj[X «/ Jigincourt 

6. 716/ Not'brof^ne Mayd — 

7. -^ itf/f/ ^ the Earl Rivers 

8. CupiiPs Jj/iiult. ByLordVau^ ~ ^ 

9. Sir AUingar -, _ — 4.8 

10. On Thomas Lord Cromwell _ ^ -^ 

11. Harpalus. An ancient Englifi Paftoral — 6, 

1 2. 72^^/» ij»yilf^iy«^. ^;, ^^/^^ ^^^^^-^ Pajiordl 65 

13. Gentle Herd/man tell to me — — 72 

14. K.Ed'wardlV.andtheTmfierofTam^vortb — 7- 

15. As ye came from the Holy Land ~ — 84. 

16. Hardyknute. 4 Scottijh Fragment _ g!^ • 

BOOK THE SECOND. 

I. ^ WW <Z«,i«., ,^, i>^,, ^ Cardinal a« J a 
HufianJmeH — _^ 

^' John^AndcKfon ny Jo. AScottifi, Song —no 

3- /;»///? John NoieJy , _ _ 

' ^'^^li^l',th'sr.rfis'^hikPri/cn,ratWooJJiock I',^ 

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ii CONTENTS. 

5. FairRo/ixmond — ^— ^^ Ijj 

6. ^^5wr Eleanoi^i Cmfifi^ -* _ |^^ 

7. Gafcoigne's Praifi of tbt fair Sridgis, afttrward, 

— 150 

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8. The Beggar's baugbter of SiikalGrwt 



9. TbeftuHyRuk **w **« • ,*. I^q 

10, rottng Waters, d Bt9Hi/k Midhti ^ 17^ 

1 1 . -Rwiffy A»i/ /)^<. a5y th Bffrl tfOxJh^i — ^7$ 
l^. Sir Andrew Barton «u& *^ 1^^ 

13. Ztfi^ BothweWs LamM ^ ^ fj^ 

14. 7heMurd»r ef the King tf Stmt *«* — I97 

15. A Sonnet fy ^ EltzabHh *— •^ i^l 

16. r^ A/Vff e^5«// a^Akd^iw Srmim — ^04. 

1 7. The Bonny Earl of Murray. A S^ottifi tdflg — it o 

18. Mary Ambree ^-^ .^ ..^ jd^ 

19. Bra^e Lord IViUoughiy m^i* -*-* 2I7 

20. Viaorious itun of Earth »--. — 222 

21. The ivinning of Cales «<^ .^^ 2^t 

22. T'i^ Spanijh Ladfs Lwe *-« ,*«. 227 
»3. Argentile and Quran -**i —-231 

24. Carinas Fate — • **i, «— 246 

25. Jane Shore -r-* , — ^^ 248 

BOOK THE THIRa 

iE^^ tfa /^^ Metre of Pierce Plomman^s Viftons *^ 260 

1. The Complaint of Confd^Act — :855, 270 

2. Plain Truth and Blind Ignorance — — 27c 
5. Ti^^ ^wandering Jem «^ — * 282 

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4, The Lje^ fy Sir H^aber Raleigh — fag. 2S9 

5. Lerd Themof and Fair Jniut. A %mHj9 ballad -^ 295 

6, OnjtMs doleful KmU ~ — 298 

7. iT. ^4?^ ^1/ the Mbot rfCaiUerhmy 302 

S.TheBeirofLynne — _ _ ^^ 

12. 7"i8# 0/i/ andyewig Courtier — 3 1» 

1 3- ^'T 7£iA» Suckli^g*s Can^atgue — — 3 a« 

14. To jOtheafrm Prififf ^ _ 

i3*TheDownfaffo/Chariug^Cro/s — — 3«7 

ifc Lof^eoufiud — — — 330 

^l^VirfeshKmgCbe^kiL — _ - , . 

18, r^/ ^44 rfmeUio^4 fio^fboldSiuf ^ 338; 

19. Old Tome/ Bed/m^ M^SoMgthefo/ — 341 
^0. The DiftraSed Puritan. Mad Song the ficond -^ ^i^ 

21. W# ZiMarrr Z;«v^. Mad^ong the third — . 3^0, 

22. r^ £41^ dijhaikd^ith Lo^e. Mad Soug the 

fourth m^ „^ \ 

23. The Dijlraaed Lover. Mad Song theffth _ 35! 

24. The Framie Lady. Mad Song the facth _ ,.J 
2%. LilU-hurlero — _.. ^^1. 

26. «r ^wj fl^r/jw(w. /« imitatiea of the ancient 

Scottifi Manner — . .^^ 

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Though fome make flight of Libils^ yet yen ma/ 
fee by them how the wind fitt : As take a ftraw and 
throw it up into the air, you may fee by fhat, which 
way tbe wind is, which you dull not do by caitiog up 
a flone. More foHd things do not (hew the complexion 
of the times fo well as Ballads and Libels. 

SSLDaN^S TaBLK-TALK. 



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SONGS AND BALLADS, 



SERIES tHB SECOND, 
BOOK I. 



RICHARD OF ALMAIGNE. 

" ji iallad madt By tut of the adhtrenti te Simen di 

" Montfort, earl ef LeiafttT,fmn efier tbi battle af Lfwts, 
" luhieh vias fought May 14, 1 264," 

-~affbrdi a curiam /ficimea ef ancitnl Satire, axd Jhcws 
that the liberty, affumed by the ^aed people tf ihit realm, if 

Vol. II, B ttbufmg 



2 ANCIENTSONGS. 

ahujing their kings and princes at plea/ure^ is a fri<vilegitf 
tuery long fianding. 

To render this antique libel intelligible^ the Reader is to un^ 
derjiand that jufl before the battle of Letve s*which fro<ved 
fo fatal to the interefts of tlenry III, the barons had offered 
his brother Richard King of the Romans 30,000/, to pro-- 
cure a peace uponfuch terms y as ^ould hafve di'vefted Henry 
of all his regal potsier^ and therefore the treaty proved abor^ 
five, — fhe con/equences of that battle are fwellknoivn: the 
king J prince Ed-ward his fon^ his brother Richard f and many 
of Ifif friends fell into the hands of their enenues: njohile tiAjo 
great barons of the king's party John: earl of Warren j and 
Hugh ^igot tbeking^s Jufticiary had been glad to efcape into 
Frame,' ' 

s In the ifi Jlap^$t thl^ aforefaid fum of THIRTY thou* 
SK^'O" pounds is alluded to, but with the ufual mijreprefenta^ 
tion of party male'volence, is affertedto ha've been the exorbitant 
demand of the king^s brother. 

With regard 'to the id ft. the Reader is to note that 
Richard y along nuith the earldom ofCornivallj had the honours 
d^WALn^GFORD and Eyre confirmed to him on bis marriage 
"'with Sanchia daughter of the Count of Pro'vence, in 1^43. 

•: Windsor caftle tjjas the chief fortrefs belonging to the 

king, and had been garrifoned by foreigners: a circumftance^ 
twhich furnijhes out the burthen of each ftanxa. 

The 3/^ ft. very humor oufty alludes to fome little faSi^ 
nvhich hiftory hath not condefcended to record. Earl Richard 
poffejfed fome large Vikr^.K-ui'LiaS near Iftleworth^ luhich 
had been plundered and burnt by the Londoners : in thefe 
perhaps by ivay of defence he had lodged a party of foU 

diers. 

The \th ft. is of obvious interpretation : Richard^ voho 

had been elected king of the Romans in 1 256, and had 

' aftervjards gofte over to take poffejpon of his dignity, tijas in 

the year 1 259 about to return into England, vohen the barhns 

raffed a popular clamour, that he voas bringing vjith h'im 

foreigners to over^run the kingdom : upon which he nvas 

forced 



AND BALLADS. « 

fotced to difm{fi aimoff all hisfoUoewerSi other-wife the harom 
^KOtddhwv'e oppofei his landing. 

In the ^thji, the *wr iter regrets the s/cape of the Earl of 
Varren^ and in the 6thy and^th fiu injinuates that if ht 
and Sir Hugh Bigod once fell into the hands of their advsr* 
fariesy they Jhould ne^ver more return home. A circumjiance, 
luhUh fixes the date of this ballad '^ for in the year 1265 
hotb thefe noblemen landed in South JVales, and the royat 
party foon after gained the afcendant. See Holingjhed^ Raping 
Sec. 

^he following is copied from a <very ancient MS. in the 
Sritijh Mufeum. [HarL MSS, 22^3. f 23.] This MS. 
tsjudgedf from the peculiarities of the ^writing, to bi not 
later than the tin^ of Richard li^ th being every li^here 
expreffed by the charaSler J? ; the y is pointed after the Saxon 
manner j and the i hath an oblique ftroke o*ver ith 

Prefixed to this ancient libel on government is a fmalt 
defigriy mjhich the engraver intended Jhould correfpond nuitb 
.tbeftAje&. On the one fide a Satyr^ {emblem of Petulant 
and Ridicule) is trampling on the enfigns of Royalty ; on the 
other Fa^ion under the majfque of Liberty is exciting Ignorance 
and Popular Rage to defcue the Royal Image \ fwhicb 
ftands on a pedeftal infcribed magna charta, to denote. 
that the rights of the kingy as *ipell as thofe of the people ^ are 
founded on the lavas ; and that to attack one^ is in ejfe£i to- 
demoUJh both* 

SITTETH alle ftille, ant hefkneth to mc ; 
The kyng of Alemaigne, bimileaute, 
Thritti thoufent pound afkede he 
For tc make the pees in the countre. 

Ant fo he dude more. jj 

Richard, thah thou be ever trichard, 
Tricthen (halt thou never more* 

B 2 Richard 

Kerk %, kyn. MS, 



4 AN CIENT SONGS 

Richard of Alefnaigne, whil that he wes kying, 
Hd{pcnde al is trefour oponfwyvyng, 
Haveth he nout of Walingford oferlyng* i# 

Let him habbe, afe he brew, bale to dryng, 

Maugre Wyndefore. 
Richard, thah thou be ever &c. ' 



The kyng of Alemaigne wende do ful wel^ 

He faifede the mulne for a cadel, ^ I j 

With hare-ftiarpe fwerdes he grounde the ftel, . 

He weride that the faylcs were mangonel 

. .. • . \ Tohelpe Wyndefore. 

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- ,\Richa;;d, thah' thou 'J>e ever &c. 



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The kyng. oF Alemaigne g^ered^ ys.;hbft, 29 

^iakede him a caftel of a mulne poll, 
Wende with is prude, ant is muchele bofl, 
Brohte from Alemayne mony fori goft 

To ftore Wyndefore. 
Richard, thah thou be ever &c. ^^ 

By God, that is aboven ous, he dude muche fynne. 
That lette paifen over fee the erl of Warynne : 
He hath robbed Engelond, the mores, ant th fenne. 
The gold, ant the felver, and y-boren hcnne. 

For love of Wyndefore. 3# 

Richard, thah thou be ever &c. . 



2 Sire 



AND BALL AD S, 5 

Sire Simond de Mountfort hath fuore bi ys chyn» 
Hevcde he nou here the erl of Waryn, 
Shuld he never more' come to is yn» 
Ne with (held, ne with fperc, ne with other gyii, 35 

To help of Wyndeforc 
Richard, thah thou be ever &c. 

Sire Simond de Montfort hath fuore bi ys 'fot/ 

Hevede he nou here Sire Hue de Bigot r 

Al he ihulde grante here twelfmoneth fcot, 40 

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Shulde tit nevermore with his fot pot 

To helpe Wyndefore. 
Richard, thah thou be ever trichard, 
Tricthen ihalt thou never more. 



y!er» 38. top. or cop. 

Vler^ 40. 5*te here, MS, i, r, it^at tbeitm ^id, Qhfs. 



%• The Series of Poems ghjen in this 'volume nvill 
Jbt'w the gradual changes ^'//&tf English Language thro^ 
a fuccejjion of f\yz hundred years. This and the fore- 
going article may be confidered as fpecimens of it in its mofl 
^arly Jlatey almoji as foon as it ceafed to he Saxon. In^ 
Jeed the annals of this kingdom are ^written in the Saxon 
language almoJl dofwn to the end of K, Stephen* s reign .• 
for fo far reaches the SaxonChronicle: ivithia St tie 
mttfre than a century of the date of this poen^^ 



Bj ILON 



A N T I E N T ffCrKGS 



II. 



ON THE DEATH. OF K. EDWARD 

THE FIRST. 

We ha^ve here an earh attempt at Elegy, Edward I, 
dhdjuly 7, 1307, in the $^/h year of bis reign^ and 6^th 
of his age. This poem appears to ha'ue heen compo/ed fiofi 
after his death, According to the modes of thinking pecU'^ 
liar to thofe timesy the *writer d'wells more upon his de*vo* 
tion, than his Jkill in go'vernment, and pays lefs attention ta. 
the martial and political abilities of thts great monarchy 
in luhich he had no ejualy than to fome little mieakneffes of fu" 
perjiitiony nvhich he had in common *with all his cotempo^ 
varies^ The Iking had in the decline of life 'vo^wed an ex- 
pedition to the holy landy but finding his end approach y he dedi- 
cated thefum of 3 2,006/. to the maintenance of a large body of 
knights (\\o fay hiftoriansy 80 fays our poet y J qvho ivere to 
carry his heart ivith them into Pale/line, This dying com- 
'mand of the king ^as nefver performed. Our poet ^ ^th the 
honeft prejudices of an Englijhmany attributes this failure 
fo the adzfice of the king of Francey ivhofe daughter Jfabel 
^ur young monarch immediately married. But the truth is^ 
Ed'ward and his deftru^i^ue favourite Piers Ga^vejlon fpenf 
the money upon their pleafures. To do the greater honour 
to the memory of his heroe^ our poet puts his eloge in th$ 
mouth of the Pope ; nuith the fame poetic licencey as a morg 
modern hard 'would have introduced ^ritannia.y or the GC" 
pius of Europe pouring forth his praifes. 

This antique Elegy is extracted from the fame MS *vo^ 
funte, as the preceding article ; is found ivith the fame pe^. 
culiarities of ivriting and orthography ; and tho' ^written, 
^ near th^ difance of half a century contains little or no 

vari^'i 



ANDBALLAPS. ^ 

^variation of idiom : ^whereas the next foUotxiing poem by 
Chaucer y twhicb nvas probably nvritten not more than 50 
or 60 years after thisy exhibits almfift a ne^v language, 
^bis feetrif to countenance the opinion of fome antiquaries 
that this great poet made conjiderable innovations in his 
mother tongue^ and introduced many terms^ and ne^w modes 
pf fpeech from other languages. 



ALLE, that beoth of huerte trewe, 
A ftoande herlj;neth to iny ibng 
Of duel, tl^at Deth hath diht us newe, * 

That maketh xoe fy ke, ant forewe among ; 
Of a knyht, that wes fo ilrpng, 5 

Of wham God hath don ys wille ; 
Me-thuncheth that deth hath don as wrong. 
That he ^ fon^ ihall Ugge iliUe. 

Al Englond ahte for te kAPwc 

Of wham that fong i^, that y fy nge; 10 

Of Edward Jcyng, that lith fo lowe, 

Zent al this world is nome con /pringe : 
Treweft mon of alle thinge. 

Ant in werre war ant wys. 
For him we ahte oure honden wrynge, 15 

Of Criilendpme he ber the prys. 

Byforc that oure kyng wes dcfi, 

He fpek afe mon that wes in care, 
<« Clerkes, knyhtes, barons, he fayde, 

<« y charge ou by oure fware» 20 

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$ AN CIENT SONGS 

.** That ye tp Enge^o^de be trcwc. 

«* y dc»c, y ne m^y lyyeji na more ; 
<< Helpeth oii fone, ant crouneth him Hewe^ 

** For he is ncft to buen y-corp. 

^ Ich biqueth myn herte aryht, 2^ 

** That hit be write at xni devys, 
*« Over the fee that Hue • be dflit, 

** With fourfcore knyhtes al of prysy 
** In werre that buen war ant wys, 

5< Azein the hediene for te fyhtc, j^ 

M To Wynne the crpiz that lowe lys, 

" Myfelfycholde zef thaty myhte/* 

Kyng of Fraunce, thou hevedeft * finne, ^ 

That thou the counfail woldeft fonde. 
To latte the wille of ^Edward kyng- 35 

To wende to the holy londe : 
That pure kyng hede take on honde 

All Engelond to zeme ant wyfle, 
To wenden in to the holy londe 

To wynnen us heveriche blifTe. 4q 

The meffager to the pope coniy 

And feyde that oure kyng wes ded : 

Ys ouue hond the lettre he nom, 

Ywis his herte wes fill gret : 

The 

t Thit is probably the ttame cf fome ptrftm^ %uho was to prrjide «^^rr 
fhisb^fingft, Ver. 33. funne. MZ, t^^r, 35. kyog Edward. M^* 
ya, 43. ^s is probably a contraction of ia by a «r yu iiis* 



ANDBALLADS. 9 

Tbc Pope lUm felf tl^e lettre redde^ ^e 

Ant ipcc a word of gret honour. 
^^ Al^ ! he feidy is Edward ded ? 

'« Of Criftendome he ber the flour.'* 



The Pope to is diaumbrc wende. 

For dol ne mihte he fpeke na more ; jo 

Ant after cardinals he fende. 

That muche couthen of Criftcs lore, 
Bothe thelaiTe, ant eke the more. 

Bed hem bothe rede ant fynge : 
G»et 4eol rae myhte fe thore, rr 

Mony mon is honde wrynge. 

The Pope of Peyters ftod at is maflc 

With ful gret folempnete, 
Ther me con the foule blcfle : 

** Kyng Edward honoured thou be : 60 

f * God love thi fone come after the, 

** Bringe to ende that thou haft bygonne, 
♦• The holy crois y-mad of tre, 

** So fain thou woldell hit hav y-wonnc. 

«« Jerufalcai, thou haft i-lore 65 

** The flour of al chivalrie 
f* Now kyng Edward livethna more : 

f < Alas ! that he zet ihulde deye ! 

2 ''He 

ygr, 55, Mc, /, e,M.n.fo in Rtbert of Ghucefitr pe^m^ 



10 ANCIKNT SONGS 

** He wolde ha rercd up ful heyze 

** Oure banners^ that bupth broht to grpunde ; 
** Wei ! longp we mowe clep? aijd crie j^ 

** Er we a. fuch kyng han y-founde,** 

Nou is Edward of Carnarvan 

King of Engelond al aplyht^ 
God lete him ner be worfe man 

Then is fader^ ne lafle of myht, 75 

To holden is pore men to ryht. 

And underflonde good counfeil, 
Al Engelong for to wyiTe ant dyht i 

Of gode knyhtes darb hiQi nout fail* 

Thah mi tonge were madof fteU So 

Ant min herte yzote of bras» 
The godnefs myht y never telle. 

That with kyng Edward was : 
Xyng, as thou art cleped conquerour^ 

In uch hataiUe thpu hadeft prys ; ' Jj 

God bringe thi foule to the honour. 

That ever wes, ant ever ys.* 



• Here follonv in the original fhree. liner more, nvhich, 
fis evidently fpurious^ ^we chyfe to tffrow to tkf iottom of the 
Page, 'uiz. 

That lafleth ay withouten ende, 

Bidde we God, ant oure Ledy to dtilke bliile 
Jefus us fende. Amen, 

m. AN 



ANDBALLADS. ii 



III. 
AN ORIGINAL BALLAD BY CHAUCER. 

^his little fonnety nvhicb hath efcaped all the editors of 
Chaucer* s ivorh, is na«w printed for the Jirji time from am 
ancient MS in the Fepyjian library^ that ccvtains many 
other poems of its njenerahle author, ^he 'vsrff cation is cf 
that Jpeciesy njohich the French call Rondeau, *very natu- 
rally englijhed by our honeft countrymen Round O. Tbt^ 
fo early adopted- by them, our ancejiors had not the honour 
of indenting it : Chaucer picked it up^ along <with other 
better things^ among the neighbouring nations, A fondnefs 
for laborious trifles hath ahways prevailed in the da^wn of 
literature. The ancient Greek poets had their wings and 
AXES : the great father of Englijh poefy may therefore be 
pardoned one poor folitary rondeau^ — Dan Geofrey Cham^ 
cer diedOSi, 25. 14QO. aged yz^ 

I. I. 

YPURE two eyn will fle me fodenl/, 
I may the beaute of them not fuftenc. 
So wendeth it thorowoat my herte kene. 

And but your words will helen haftely 
My hertis wound, while that it is grene, 
Voure two cyn will lie me fedej^ly, 

3- 
Upon my troath I fey yow feithfully. 

That ye ben of my lifFe and deth the quene ; 

for with my deth the trouth fhal be fene. 

Youre two eyn &c. 

3 IL |. Sm 



I3t ANCIENT SONGS 

II. I. 

So hath yoiire beaute frp your herte chafed 
Pjtee, that mc n* availcth not to pleyn ; 
For daunger halt your mercy in his cheyne, 

Giltlefs my deth thus have ye purchafed ; 
I fey yow fbth, me nedeth not to fayn : 
So hath your beaute fro your herte chafed, 

Alas, that nature hath in yow compafsed 
So grete beaute, that no man may atteyn 
To mercy, though he (lerve for the peyn. 
So hath youre beaute &c. 

in. I, 

Syn I fro love efcaped am fb fat, 

I nere thinke to ben in his prifon lena 3 

Syn I am fre, I counte hym not a bene. 

2. 
He may anfweM, and fey this and that, 
I do not fors, I fpeak ryght as I mene ; . 
Syn I fro love efcaped am fo fat. 

3- 
Love hath my. name i-flrike out of his fclat. 

And he is ftrike out of my bokes clcne : 

For ever mo * this is non other mene* 

Syn I £ro love efcaped &c. 

• Ther, 

IV. THE 



A N t) B A L L A D S. 13 



THE TURNAMENT OF rOTTIiNHA\l: 

** OR* THE W0OEING, WINNING, AND WEd'dINO 
«« OF TiBBE, THE ReEV's DAUGHTER THERE-" 

// d(k€5 honour to tht good Jenfe of this nation^ that lalile 
all Europe ivas captivated <with the he^witching charms tf 
Chi'ualry and Romance^ t<wo of our ^writers in the rudeji times 
could fee thro' the falfe glare that furrounded them^ and difco^ 
*ver ^whateijer nuas ahjurdin them both* Chaucer nxrott bis 
Rhyme offer Tropas in ridicule of the latter ^ and in thef^Hoia- 
ing poem lue hanje a humourous burlefque of ' the formiTm 
Without pretending to decide y ^whether the infitution of chi^ 
walry nvas upon the ivhole ufeful or perniciaus in the rudi ngts^ 
a quefiion that has lately employed many fine pens *, it wi^ 
dently encouraged a 'vindidi've Jpirit, andga-vefuch force /» 
the cujfom of duellings that it tuill probably ne^er he msofm 
out. Thist together lAjith the fatal confequences *vobich 
often attended the dinjerfeon of the ^urnament, ijoas fujjicieni 
to render it obnoxio^s to the gra<ver part of mankind* Ac* 
cordingly the Church early denounced its cctifures againfl it^ 
and the State tvas often prevailed on to attempt itsfupprejjitinm, 
Butfajbion and opinion are fuperior to authority ; and tht 
proclamations againji Tilting fwere as little regarded in tho/k 
times f as the la^ws againft Duelling are in thefe, I'his did 
not efcape the difcernment of our poety ^who eafily perceived 
that inveterate opinions muft be attacked by other lueapons^ 
than proclamations and cenfures ; he accordingly made ufe of 
the keen one ^Ridicule, With this vievj he has here in-* 
troducedy <with admirable humour^ a parcel of clovons^ imi" 
fating all the folemnities of the Tournay. Here tue have the 

regular 

* -S^e {Mr.Hurd'i] Lftffrs on Chivalry, 8vo. 1762. Mcnnoires de la 
Chcvaler.e par M. de la Curne de s« PalaiS| 1759*2 torn, X2ino. &c. 



94 ANCIENT SONOS 

regular chalknge^^the appointed day'^the lady for the prisce 
-^^the formal preparations — the dijplay of armour --^the feu*- 
eheons and de^vices — the oaths taken on entering the lifis — the 
^various accidents of the encounter — the victor leading off the 
frixe^ — andf the magnificent feajling^-^fwith all the other 
folemn fopperies, that ufually attended the exercife of the 
harriers. And ho-w acutely the Jharpnefs of the author^ s hu-^ 
mour muft hafve been felt in thofe days, nve may learns from 
*u}hat tve can percei<ve of the keennefs nonxj^ *when time hasjb 
jnuch blunted the edge of his ridicule. 

The Turnament of Tottenham lijas puhlijh^d 
from an ancient MS. /« 1 6 3 1 4/0, by the rev, Wilhehn Bedvjell^ 
re^or of Tottenham, and one of the tranjlators of the Bihle • 
he tells us it ivas ivritten by one Gilbert Pilkington^ thought 
to have beenfome timeparjon ofthefameparijh, and author ef 
another treatije intiiled PsiiSio Domini ]eCn Chrifti. Bed^ 
nvell, <who ivas eminently fkilled in the oriental languages^ 
appears to have been but little converfant vjith the ancient 
writers in his ovjn : and he Jo little entered into the fpirit of 
the poem he v)as publijhing that he contends for its being a 
ferious narrative of a real event, and thinks it muft have 
been vjritten before the time ofEdvoard III, becas^e Turna* 
ments vjere prohibited in that reign, ^^ I do verily beUeve^ 
« fays he, that this Turnament ivas a3ed before this procla'^ 

< mation of K, Ediuard, For hov) durft any to attempt to 

* do that, although infport, nvhich ivas fo ftraightly for^ 

* bidden, both by the civill and ecclefiafticall poiver P For 
« although they fought not ivith lances, yet as our authour 
« fayth, " // ivas no childrens gameJ** And ivhat noould 

* have become of him, thinkeyou, nvhich Jhould havejlayne 

* another in this manner of jeafting ? Would he not, trov^ 
^ you, have bene hang'd for it in earnest ? yea, 

< and have bene buried like a DOGGE?" // // 
homever luell knoivn that Turnaments *were in ufe dovon to 
the reign cf Elizabeth, 

Without pretending to afcertain the date of this Poem, the 
ebfoletenefs of the ftyle Jhevjs it to be very ancient : It ivill 
appear from thefamenefs of orthography in the above extras 

that 



ANDSALLADS. «5 

that Sedweli has genenily riductd that of the font to the 
Jiamiard of bis own times ; yet^ nottwithfiatuUng tbisinnova^ 
tion^ the pbrafeology and idiom Jhenjo it to be of an early date^ 
^h€ poem had in other refpeSis fuffered by the ignorance of 
tranfcribers^ and therefire afinsf attempts hre here -meule to rt^ 
/iore the texty by amending fome corruptions^ and removing 
Jome redundancies, \ but left this freedom Jbould incur cenfnrt» 

the former readings are retained in the margin, A farther 
'iiberty is alfo taken^ <what is here gpnenfor the concluding 

line of each ftansca^ flood in the former edition dividtd as 

t*wo : e.'.g. 

*' X)fthem that msere doughty 9. 
" And hardy indeed :^* 
hut theyfeemed'moft naturally to run into one, and the /request 
negleS of rhime in the former of them feemed' to prove that 
the author intended no fuch divifion. 

OF all < the ' }ccne conquerours to carpe is our kbde^ 
Of fell fighting folke *a^ ferly werfinde; 
The Tttmament of Tottenham have I- in-minde ; 
It were harme fuch hardinelTe were holdea bchiade« 

In &ory as we reade, - ^ 

OfHawkin, of Harrjr, 
Of Timkin, ofTerry, 
Of them that were doughty, and haijdy inideed* 

It befell in Tottenham on a deare day. 

There was made a fhurting by the highway : !• 

Thither come all the men of thkt conntray 

Of HiiTelton, of High -gate, and of Hakenay, 

And 



Ver. 8. indeed. P. C 



i6 ANCIENT SONQS 

And all the fweete (Winkers s 
There hopped Hawkin» 
There daunced Dawkin^ i^ 

There trumped Timkini and were true drinkers^ 

« When * the day was gonel, and ev6-foflg paft. 

That they ihould reckon their ikot, and their counts caflf^ 

Perkin the potter into the prefie paft^ 

And fayd, Randill the reve, a daughter thou haft, 20 
Tibbe thy deare^ 

Therefore faine weet would t^ 

whether thefe fellowes or I, 

Or which of all this batchelery ' 

Were the bed worthy to wed her his fere. 23 

Upftart the gadlings with dieir lang ftavei. 

And fayd, Randill the reve, lo ! the ladde raves. 

How proudly among us thy daughter he craves, 

AAnd we are richer men then he, and more good haves, 

Ofcattell, and of come. 3d 

• Then fayd Perkin, I have hight 

< To Tibbe in my right 

* To be ready to fight, and thoughe it were to mome. 

The* 

f^er, 17. Till. P. C. r<r. 25. in his fere. P. C. 

• The latter part of tbhfianvta ftemed emkarajftdandrtdundant^ we 
have therefore ventttredto contraSi it. It flood tbusi 
Then fayd Perkin, to Tibbe I have hi^ht 
That 1 will bee alwaies ready in my right. 
With a fliaylc for to fight 
This day feaven-ni^ht, and thought it were to morne. 
The ttv» laft linetfeem in part to be harrowed frmt the folknmngJUmf^g 
%uhere tbey come in more properly » 



ai4d ballads. 



>7 



Then ilayd Randill tnc refc, * Ever * be he waryd 
That aboat this carping lenget woiild be itaryd ; * 35 
1 Would aot my daughter that Ihe wcfe miskaryd, 
Btttather jiloft worfbip I Would fhe were iiiaryd^ 
For the tumament ihall beginne 
This day feav'n-night; 
With a flayie for to fight, 46 

Aiidhe, tiiat is mott of might, (hall brok her with winne. 

He that bear'th him beft in the turnament; 
Shall be grauntedthe gree, by the common aiTenr, 
For to winne my daughter With doughtineflc of dent. 
And Copple my brood-hen, that wai brought out of Kent; 
And my dunned cow : 46 

For no fpence will I fpare i 
For no cattell will I care ; 
He Siall have iny gray mare, and my Q)btted tow. 

There was many a bold lad their bodyes to bede^ 5 a 
Then they take their leave, and hamward they hede. 
And all the weeke after they gayed her wede. 
Till i^ come to the dty, that they fliould do their dede : 
They armed them in mattes ; 

They fet on their nbWlls 5 j 

Good blacke bowUs^ 
To keep thdr powll9 from battering of battes. 
Vol. II4 e They 



^i^» 34. ETtry< P, A P4r, 51. h«r, 1. «. thtir. S$ 0(fi r» Mi 



,8 A^I^JENTjSO. VQS 

They fewed hem in {{lee^fkliyies, fpr |li«y &9wW DOtlv;^| 
And every ilkep/fifir^ ^ })^cjc l^ajti^, iDi|lp^4 9/^ 9rp&, . 
A baflcet or p^nyer before o^ xhfiir Ipfejft, ^p 

And a flayle in their h^d^^ ffj,^ ^o ^gl^t prcft, 
Forthe con ^ey fiir^ . 

There was Jfid ^ipckle fprce^ 
Who fhp.uld heft feu^ql ]ji$ co;rf^ ; 
IJe, tl^at had i^o gqQ4 horfe, bqrf qwq4 Ijig^ 9. ^:^rs. $5 

Skh another clpU^ijjg b^y? I i^f^ fg^nj? pftp 
When all the gresit c^amp^ny riijing tp t^p <?i:9ft, 
Tibbeoi^ a gyay-i^arej w^i^fe^^ i^p PMoffc. 
VpP9 ^ f^cte-fqll Qf fpnyy, for.ftie ftp^ijd i^tfrft. 

And led till the gappe : 7» 

Forth? r 3y9^^d. <}ig i^ thm^ 
For the loyj? of n^. jpan. 
Till Copjlj^ l^er l^^-]^i^ wer bfp^gjj^ i^ja Hv ^p|>c. 

A gay §ir<lte Tibb? h,aflhprrowed fpr (h^ i^wqQ,; 

And a garland 0^ h^x heafl full qf r)i^U t^QUfi^ ; 75 

And a brouc^i, qjj l^^r Ijfi^il ftiU of (kSJBi^yji% ftpn$(^. 

The hp}yr9.94? <Qfewi>|g V(^ M^ritte^ fo^ fl^i^WW f. 
For no fpendifigs, .f tfeey^ l}f^ <f v'4 ' • 
When jolly. J^lfiii vift lj«r Uyjip, 
He gurd fo fall Hif.gr^y »»^^ . to 

That flic lefca fsftyfen ^ aj ^hg. ^?r^n««4- 

• • 

yer, 59, ilketi* P. C ^<rf. 65. Aitfnfi wert never ufed in ^bt- 
\falry : It voat beneath the dignity of a knight to ride Wf thing hut m 
JlalHon, y» Memoires de la Cbevalerie, 



A k D B A L L A D S. 19 

t dialce a vowe, quoth * he, my capul' is comen of kinde i 
i ihall fall Rvt in the field, and I my flaile finde. 
I make a vowe, quoth Hudde, I ihall not leve behlnde ; 
May I meet with lyard or bayard the blinde, S5 

I wote I ihall them grieve. 

I make a vowe, quoth Hawkin> 

May t meete with Dawkin, 
iPor all his rich kin» his flaile I ihall him reve. 

I make a vow, quoth Gregge, Tibbe thou ihall iec 90 
Which of an the bachelery graunted is the gree : 
I ihall ikomfit hem all, for the love of thee. 
In what place that I come, they ihall have doubt of meej 
^or I am armd at the full : 

In my armes I beare wele 95 

A dough-trough, and a pele» 
A faddle without a pannele, with a fleece of wooll. 

Now go downe, qtloth Dudman, and beare me bet about, 
I make a vow, they ihall abye that I findp out. 
Have I twice or thrice ridden thorough the rout, 100 
In what place that I come, of me they ihall ha doubt. 
Mine ai-mes bene fo clere ; 

I beare a riddle and a rake. 
Powdered with the brenning drake, 
Andthree cantles ofacake, in ilka comere. 10$ 

C ^ I make 

^f''. 82; Otigtndtty it ftocd tbut^ 
I make a vowe, quoth Tibbe, copple is comen of kindr*; 
*»/ at tbit evidentfy bat no ccnneSion ivitb the lines that, follow the Edi* 
flrprofifes tht'abirve emendationu Ver* 98. Terbaps ' I /hall' go downe* 



ao ANCIENT SONGS 

I make a vowe, quoth Tirry, and fwearc by my crcde. 
Saw thou never young boy forther his body bode i 
For when they fight faftefl, and moft are in drede, 
I (hall take Tib by the hand, and away her lede : 

Then bin mine armcs beft ; 1 lo 

I beare a pilch of ermin, 

Powder J with a cats fkinne. 
The cheefe is of perchmine, that ftond'th on the cr^ft. 

I make a vow, quoth Dudman, and fweare by the ftra. 
While I am moft merry, thou gettft her not fwa ; 115 
For (he is well (hapen, as light as a rae. 
There is no capull in this mile before her will ga : 
SScewill me not beguile ; 

I dare foothly fay, 

Shec will be a monday 1 z% 

Fro Hiflelton to Hacknay, nought other halfe mile. 

^t ■# 

; rmake a vow, quoth Perkin, thou carpft of cold roft ; 
T will wlrke wiflier without any boafl ; 
Five of the bcft capulls, that are in this hoff, 
I will hem lead away by another coft ; 1 2 j 

And then laugh Tibbe, 

Wi' loo, boyes, here is hee. 
That will fight and not flee. 
For I am in my jollity ; loo foorth^ Tibbc.- 

Whca 



Vfr, 113. pechiniQc. P, C. Vtr, 127. We loo. f. C 



AND BALLADS. ai 

When they had their oatl.es made, forth can they 'he' 1 30 
With flailes, and harnifTe, and trumps made of tre : 
There were all die bachelers of that couutre ; 
They were dlght in aray» as themfelves would be ; 
Their banner was full bright. 

Of an old rotten fell, 135 

The cheefe was a pip.vmell. 
And the fhadow of a bell, quartered with the moone-light. 

I wot It was no childrens game, when they togither mette. 
When ilka frcke in the field on his fellow bette. 
And layd oii ftifly, for nothing would they lette, 140 
And fought ferly faft, till * theire ' horfts fwette j 
And few wordes were fpoken ; 

There wei-e flajles all to flatterd. 
There were Ihields all to clatterd, 
Bowles and difhes all to batterd, and many heads broken. 

There was clenking of Qa^t-faddles, and clattering of 

cann^Sy 1461 

Of fell freke$ in tl^e ipeld^ broken were their fannes ; 

Of fome were the heads broken, of fome the brdne-pannes» 

4nd evill were they befene, ere they yfci\t thance. 

With fwipping of fwipples : 1 50 

The ladds w^re fo weary fo^r fought. 

That they might fight no more on-loft, 

'ut creeped about in the croft, as they were crooked 

cripples. 

C J Petkiix 

W*"* I J9» te, f» C, K 141 . there. P. C^ K 145. hcadi there v^i;^ 



22 ANCIENT SONQS 

Perliin was fo weary, that he beganne to lowte. 
Help, Hudde, I am dead" in this ilk rowte : 15 c 

An horfe for forty penny s, a good and a Howtc ; 
That I may lightly come of mine own^e owte ;. . 
For no coil will I (pare. 

He ftarte up as a fhaile, 

And hcnt a capuU by the tailp, , 160 

And raught of Daukinhis fiayle, andwaonehim amaxe^ 

Perkin wan five, and Hudde wan twa : 
Glad and blithe they were, that they * had ' done fa : 
They would have them toTibbe, and prefent her witl^ tha; 
The capuls were fo weary, that they might not.ga^ 16^ 
But ftill can they < ftonde/ 

Alas ! quoth Hudde, my joy I leefc 
Mee had lever then a ftone of checfe. 
That deare Tibbe had all thefe, and wilt it \vcre my fond^^ 

Perkin turned him about in the ilk throng, 170. 

He fought frefhly, for he had reft him long ; 
He was ware of Tirry take Tibbe by t|>e hond, 
And would have led her away with a love-fong ; 
And Perkin after ran, % * • 

And off his capull he him drowe, 17J 

And gave him of his ftayle inowe ; 
Then te, he! quoth Tibbe^ and lowe, ye arc a doughty man. 

Thus. 



r 



FifTf 164. would not have. P., C. rgr, x66. Hand, f . C. 



AND BALLADS. 23 

Thus they tugged, and they fugged, till it was nigh night : 
All the. wives of Tottehham come to fee that fight ; 
To fetch horn dieir huibands, that were them trough 
plight, 180 

With wifpes an4 kixes, that was a rich light ; 
Her huihahds home to fetch. 

And fome they had in armes. 
That were feeble wretches, 
And fome on wheel-barrowes, and fome on critches. i Sg 

They gatherd Perkin about on every fide. 
And grant him there the gree, ^e more was his pride : 
Tib aild hce, wit5l great mirth, hameward can ride, 
^d were all night togither,- till the morrow tide ; 

And to churdi they went : 1 90 

S»'WeH his needs he has (Jjed, 
That deare Tibbe he Ihall wed ; 
The cheefemen that her hither lead, were of the turn^eut, 

'fotHie rich fcaR com^ xhany^ fb)- die nonce : 
Some come l^op-haltej, an4 fom^ tripping thither on the 
ftones ; 195 

Some with a flaiFe in hia hand, s^nd fome two at once ; 
Of fome^w'e)« the he^ds broken; of fome the flioulderbonea^ 
With forrow come they diither : 

Wo was Hawkin ; >^o was Harry : 
Wo was Tymkin ; wo was Tirry ; 20a 

An4 fp was all the company; but yet they come togither^ 



»+ ANCIENT SONGS 

At that feaft were they fervcd in rich aray ; 

Every five and five had a cokeney j 

And fo they fat in jollity all the long day: 

Tibbe at night, I trowe, had a fimple aray ; 20c 

Mickle mirth was them among; 
In every comer of the houfe 
Was melody delicious, / 

l^or to hear precious of fix mens fong* 



V. 

FOR THB VICTORY AT AGINCOURT. 

• ■•.■'•. • 

That our plain and martial ancefiors could 'wield their, 
Jnvords much better than their pens ivill appear from the foU 
hawing homely Rhymes^ nvh^ch nvere drawn up by fome poet 
laureat of thofe days to celebrate the immortal 'viSory gained 
at Agincoart^ OSt. 25, 141 J • This Jong or hymn is gi'ven^ 
meerly as a curiojityi and is printed from a MS copy in the 
Pepys colleBion^ *uol.I.folio. It is there accompanied ivith 
the mujical notef^ 'which 4^re, ^opifd in a /mall plate at the end 
9/ this 'volume, 

Deogratias Anglia redde pro 'uiSoria ! 

OW R E kynge went forth to Normandy, 
With grace and myast of chivalry ; 
The God for hym wrouzt man^elouily, 
Wherfore Englonde may c^le, and cry. 5 

Deo gratias : 
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro 'viSma. 



ANDBAI^LADS- ij 

He fette a fege, the fothe for to fay. 
To Harflu toune with ryal aray ; 
That toune he wan^ and i^^acje a fray, ^m 

That Fraunce fliall rywe tyl domes day. 

Deo patios, ^r. 

Then went pwre kynge, with alle his ofte, 
Thorowe Fraunce for all the Frenihe boUe ; 
He fpared no drede of lefle, ne moH^ if 

Tyl he come to Agincourt colle. 

Deo^^atias, He* 

Than for fo(he that knyzt comely 
In Agincourt feld he fauzt manly, 
Thorow grac^ of God mpft myzty a» 

He had bothe |he felde, and the vL£h>ry. 

Deo grottos^ He, 

Ther duky^, ^d erlys, lorde and barone. 
Were take, and llayhe, and that wel fone. 
And fbme were ledde in to Lundone 2C 

Withjoye, and^e^the, ^4 gi^^ ^i^on^^* 

p£o gratias, (^r. 

Now gradoijs Qod he, (aye ctwyjp kyngc^ 
His peple, and all his wel wyllyng^, 
Gef hym gode lyfe, and gode endynge^ 3^ 

That we with merth mowe; favely fynge, 

Deo gratias : 
J)(iO grotioi Anglia redde pron^Boru;^ 



26 ANCIENT SONOS 

VI. 
THE NOT-BROWNE M A Y D. 

Tbe/eniimental beauties of this ancient ballad batK alnuaye 
recemrr.ended it to Readers oftajte^ nutvntbjtanding the rufi 
efantiqmtj^ ivbicb obfcures tbe fiyle and exfrejjion, Indeea 
If it bad no otber merits tban the ba^ng affbrded the gfonnd- 
nvork to Friar's Hshrt and Emm a, this ought toftefer^e 
it- from obli'vion* That ive are able togi<ue it iit a more cor^ 
reS manner y tban almoft any other Poem in thefe 'volumes ^ is 
onving to tbe great care and exa3ntfs of tbe accurate Editor 
of the Pr0EU51OH8 %*oo, 1760 ; vjbo has formed the text 
frcm tivo copies found in t'voo different editions of Amelde^s 
Chronicle^ a boon, fupfofed to be firfi frinted about t^zi. 
From the correS copy in tbeProlufionstbefollo^ng is printed^ 
nvith a fenv additi(f>tal impro'OeiheHts gathered from another 
edUion of Arnold^ s book ^prejhf>^ed^ the pubUe Library at 
Cambridge. All the 'Oca/^om reading of this Copy tvill be 
found here, either recei'ved into the text^ or noted in the mar- 
gin. The references to tbe Prolufions ^lljheiv ivhere they 
occur. It does honour to the critical fagacity of that gentle^ 
man, that almaft all his coi^edurcd reatUngy^ are found to be 
the ejlablijhed ones of this edition., In our ancient filio^MS^ 
defer i bed in the preface is a <very corrupt and defeSi've copy 
of this ballad y luhich yet afforded a great improvement in one 
tine that 'uoill befhundin its dueplaet.- 

It has been a- much eerier talk to fettle the text ofthispoem^ 
than to af certain its date. Mat. Prior publijbed it in the folio 
edition of his poems y. 1718, as then ** ^00 years old.^* In 
making this dedfion he ivas probably guidtd by tBe learned 
H'anley, luhcfe judgment in' natters of thii nature' lUas moft 
C9n/ummate. For that lAShate^er reiatedto the reprinting of 
this old piece ivas referred to Wanley^ appears from tivo letters 

• This (which a learned friend Aippoffs to be the firft Edit'on) is in 
folio : the iolioa aie ai^nbered at theixKtoin. of the leaf: ihe Song be- 
|ini 9C folio 75. ' ~ 



AND BALLADS. 

cf trior's, preferred in the BritifhUuj£ii7!t{WLrL MSS. N» 
3777.] The Editor of the Prolnfions thinks it cannot b^ elder 
than the year 15OO, hecajtfe^ in Sir nomas More''j tale of 
The Serjeant &c, labich luas 'wmtM- aiout^ that time, 
there appears afamene/s of rbytmnus and' orlbograpby^ ama 
a 'very near affinity^ ofhjoords and phnafes <wii 'j thtfc of this 
hllad* But this reafoning is not conclufiqje ; for if Sir 
Thomas Mere made this baliiid'bis^ modeiy or H- 'very Ukely, 
that luill account for tJ^^ famensfs of tMaafuret- andzikjiome 
rtfpeS for that of 'words and p):rafesy. eaientbd^ ihit badbeem 
nuritten long before : and as for the orthography it is. vjeH 
kno^n that the old Printers reduced that of mo /I hooks to the 
Jhfidard of their oivn times * Indeed it is hardly probable 
that an antiquarian like Arnolde 'would'ba*ifei^erted'it a- 
tnong his hijlorical ColleQionSy if it. had been then a- modem 
piece \ atleaft he <would ha've been apt* to have named its 
'author. But to Jhenu bo^w little can be inferred from a re- 
femhlance of rhytbmus or- fyU^ the editor of tbej'e isuhtmes 
has in bis ancient folio MS, a poem on the Vidary of Elodden^ 
Jieldy ^written in the fame numbers y wtb the fame aUitera- 
tmsy and /« orthography y phrafeology and Jlj^lh nearly re- 
fembling the Vifions of Pierce Plo'wmany njobich €ire yet kfitywu 
to have been ccmpofed above 160 years before, tbat battle. 
As this poem is a great curiojiiyy 'Me Jb all give afenu of the 
introduhory linesj 

** Grant gradom Gody grant me this time, 

** Tbat Imay .*sayj orZcea/ey thy fehvente pieafe \ 
And Mary his mother y that maketh this vjoridi^ 
And all the feemlie faint Sy ihatfitten in heaven \ 
I <will carpe of kings y that conquered'fUll vjlde^ 

* ' Tbat dvjelled in, this land, thai* *was alyes noble* ; 

** Henry the feventby that f over aigne lordy &c» 
With regard to the date of the follovjing ballad ive have taken 
a^middle courfey neither placed it fo high as PVanley and 
Priory nor quite fo lovj as the editor of the Prolufions : vse 
Jhould have follovoed the latter in dividing every other line 
into tvjOy but that the vihole vjould then have taken up more 
roomy than could be allovjed it in this volume <, 



4< 



28 ANCIENTSONGS 

BE it ryghty or wrongs thefe men among 
On women do complayne ; 
AiFynnynge this, how that it is 

A labour (pent in vayne. 
To love them wele ; for ney^r a del^ j;^ 

They love a man agayn^ : 
JPor late a man do what he can, 

Thcyr favour to attayne 
Yet, yf a newe do them perfue, 

Theyr fyril true lover than !• 

Laboureth for nought ; for from her thought 

He is a banyfhed man. 

I (ay nati nay, but that all day 

It is bothe writ and fayd 
That womans fayth is, as who fayth, i| 

All utterly decayd : 
But, neverthelefle, ryght good wytniflb 

la this -cafe myght be layd. 
That they love true, and continiie: 

Recorde the not-browne mayde ; 20 

Which, when her love came, her to prove. 

To her to make his mone, 
Wolde nat depart i for in her hart 

She loved l^VLt hym alone^ 

Xhag 



¥0:\ t\ IRoflBtn^ Fro/ttfitnt^ Vtr. xz. he^| /\ *y tkmf\ 



AND BALLADS. af 

> 

Than betwayne us late us dyfcos 25 

What was all the manere 
Betwayne them two : we wyll a]& 

Tell all the payne, and fere^ 
That (he was in. Nowe I begyn^ 

So that ye xne anfwere ; |« 

Wherfore, all ye, that prefent h% 

I pray you, gyre an ere. 
" lamthekny^ht; I come by nyght^ 

As fecret as I can ; 
Sayinge, Alas ! thus ftandeth the cafe. J5 

I am a banyfhed man. 

• 

Shb. 
And I your wyll for to fulfyll 

In this wyll nat refufe ; 
Truftying to ihewe* in wordes fcwc, 

That men have an yll uie 4» 

{To theyr owne ihame) women to blarney 

And caufele/Te them accizfe : 
Therforc to you I anfwere nowe. 

All women to excufe,— 
Myne owne hart dere, with you what chere ? 4 J 

I pray you, tell anone j 
For, inmy'mynde, of allmankynda 

I love but you alone. 



Hi. 



^ aucient soWds 

it datideth fo ; a dede is db 

Wherof grdte harme fliall gfdvir^ t ^<J 

My deftiny^ is for to <ty 

A fhamefull dteth, I trofvie * 
Or elks to Re : the orieittu'ft be i 

None other #Ay I kfltiv<r^» 
kiit to withdrawe as aAottflaw«*i 55 

And take me tO my b^we; 
Wherfore, adue, my owno* Ikfcft iriic t 

None Qtlie» ttde I am; 
Pot I muft to the grene v^^ode go* 

Alone, a banyfhed man. €q 

lorde, what is this worldys biyflcj 
Thatchattftgedias Hie mone! 

My fomers day in lufty may 
Is ddPfeed beft>re the noiie. 

1 here you fay, ffiirfewcll ; Nay^ nay^ 65 
We depart naC fo fone : 

Why fay ye fo ? whedcr wyll ye go ? 
. AJas ! what have ye <loncl > 
All my welfare to forowe and care 

Sholde chaunge, yf ye were gone ; 70 

For, in^ymynde, of all mankynde 

I love but you alone. 



r«rr; 63; The foiticrs. ProL 



Uki 



1 can bcleve, it <ligU ypu grpv^ 

And fon[ui[]|4t yp^ dyftaynic : 
Bat, aftyrw4f4^« your paymss Jbardp 75 

Within a day or twaynp 
Shall Tone aflakej ^ y^ jOMl Uke 

Comfort to youagayn^* 
Why fliol^ yf8 o^ght ? ifijr, tQ inafce Apiight, 

Yoar labour were in v^yn^. !• 

And thus I do^ ;u»4 pr^y JtOH Do» 

Ashartely, as Icanj 
Bor I muft to fibe ^rtwe wode gn^ 

Alone, a banyfhed mfm. 

Now, fyth ti^ yehav^e (b^sv^ tp «9e S5 

The fecret of yojur mypdp, 
I (hall lis fifiY»§ tQ ya« ^ayaf^ 

Lyke as ye ihall noe fjtnd^ : 
Syth it is f#» ijm yp wyll gq, 

I wolle not leve beHyo4^ ;. 9« 

Shall never be^4j tto notrbrO^ime m^yd 

Was to her lo^ uokynde.: 
Make you redy\ for ibt am I» 

AUthoughit wet^anfln/e; 
For, in my si»y^<fe> of 9il majikyiidf 95 

I love but you alone. 

Ha. 



ANCIENT SONCiS 

Hr. 
Vet I yoo rede to take good hede 

What men wyll thynke, and hf z 
Of yonge, and olde it fliall be tolde. 

That ye be gone away $ lo* 

Voor wanton wyll for to fnl£ll. 

In gxene wode yon to play ; 
And that ye nijrght from yonr delyght 

No lenger make delay : 
kather than ye fliolde thus for roe 105 

Be called an yll wom^n. 
Vet wolde I to the grene wode go^ 

Alone, a baniOiedfliiad. 

She. 
Though it be ibnge of old and yonge. 

That I fholde be to bUnie, i lO 

Theyrs be the charge, that fpeke fo larg* 

In hortynge of my name : 
For I wyll prove, that faythfolle love 

It is devoyd of ihame ; 
In yonr dyftrefle, and hevynefle> tt$ 

To part with you, the fame ; 
And fare all tho, that do not fo» 

True lovers are they none : 
For, in my mynde, of all mankynd^ 

I love but you alone. 1 20 

rtr, 117. To (fcewc alU Pf'. 



ANDBALLAD& 33 

Hb. 

icovnceyle youy remember howe 

It is no maydens lawe, 
Kothynge to doat, but to remie oat 

To wode with an outliiwe : 
For ye mu£t there in your hand bere t aj 

A bowe, redy to dhiwe ; 
Andy as a thefe, thns muft you lyve> 

Ever in drede and awe ; 
Wherby to yon grete harme myght growe: 

Yet had I lever than^ I jo 

t'hat I had to the grene wode g9f 

Alone, a banyihed man. 

Sri. 
1 thinke nal^ nay, but as ye fiiy^ 

It is BO maydens lore: 
But love may make me, fbryoorfake^ ||{ 

As I have fayd before 
To come on fote, to hunt^ and ihote 

To gete us mete in ilore; 
For (b that I your company 

May have, I aike no more : 140 

From which to part^ it maketh my^hart 

As colde as ony ftotie ; 
For, in my inynde, of all mankynde 

I love but yon alone. 
Vol. II, D Ha, 

^fr. 1 J3i t fay tttt, Prd, Fh-^ i ji. su)4 ftore* Camk ccfj. 



s+ 



ANCIENT SONGS 

For an outlawe this is the lawe, 145 

That men hym take and bynde; 
Without pytc^ hanged to be. 

And waver with the wyndc. 
If I had nede, (as God forbcde !) 

What refcous coude ye fynde ? 150 

Forfoth, I trowe, ye and your bowe 

For fere wolde drawe behynde : 
And no mcrvayle; for lytell avayle 

Were in your counceylc than : 
Wherfore I wyll to the grcuc wode go, 1^5 

Alone, a banyftied man. 

She. 
Ryght wele knowe ye, that women be 

But feble for to fyght; 
Nowomanhedeitisy indede. 

To be bolde as a knyght : I 6q 

Yet, in fuch fere yf that ye were 

With enemyes day or nyght,. 
I wolde withftande, with bowe in handei 

To greve them as I myght* 
And you tQ.fave; as woman have 165 

From deth < men * many one : 
For, iniiiymynde, of all mankynde 

I love but you alone. 



Hk. 



F>r. 1^0. focouw. Prol, Vtr, 1 62. and night. Camh Cfft^. 
Tei\ 164. To hclpe yc with my myght. Pr»/, 



AKD fiALLAD& j; 

Vet Uke good hede; for ever I drede 

That ye coude nat fullayne 1 7 o 

7he thomie wayes, the depe valeies> 

The fnowc* the froft, the rayne, 
*rhe colde, the hete : for dry, or wete> 

We muft lodge on the playne ; 
Andy us afaovey none other rofe ^ tj^ 

But a brake bufii, or twayne : 
Which fonc fholde greve you, I beleve^ 
' And ye wolde gladly than 
That I had to the grene wode go> 

Alone, a banyfhed man. i8q 

She. 
Sy th I have here bene partynSre 

With you of joy and blyfTe, 
J muft alfo parte of your wo 

Endure, as refon is : 
Yet am I fure of one ples^re ; 1 85 

And, fhortely, it is this: 
That, where ye be, me femeth, parde^ 

I coude nat fare amyfle. 
Without more fpeche, I you befeche 

That we were fone agone ; 190 

For, in my mynde, of all mankynde 

I love but you alone. 

Dz Hi. 

ygr» 174. Ycmuft. Prpt, Ver. 190. (hortley gone. Pro!. 



ANCIENT S ONQS 

He. 

If ye go thyder, ye muft confyder. 

Whan ye have luft to dyne. 
There fhall no mete be for you gete» 195 

Nor drinke, here, ale, ne wyne* 
Nc {het|s dene to lye betwcnc, 

Maden of thredc and twyne ; 
None other honfe, bat leves and bowes^ 

To cover your hed and mync, 20# 

O mync harte fwete, this evyll dyete 

Sholde make you pale and wan ; 
Wherfore I wyll to the grene wode go. 

Alone, a banyfhed man. 

She. 

« 

Amongc the wylde dere, fuch a arcbere, 2«5 

As men fay that ye be, 
Ne may nat fayle of good vitayle. 

Where is fo grete plente : 
And water clere of the ryvcre 

Shall be full fwete to me ; «!• 

With which in hele I (hall ryght wele 

Endure, as ye fhall fee : 
And, or we go, a beddc or two 

I can provydc anone; 
For, in my mynde, of all mankynde 215 

I love but you dlone. 

He. 

Ver. 196. Ncythcr bere. Pnl, Vtr, ao;. May;?* aatfaylcPrt/. 



AND BALLADS. 37 

Hi. 
Lo yet, before, ye muft do more, 

Yf ye wyll go with me : 
As cat your here up by your ere. 

Your kyrcel by the kne ; 220 

With bowe in hande* for to withflande 

Your enemyes, yf nede be : 
And this fame nyght before day-lygkt. 

To wode-warde wyll I ile, 
Yf that ye wyll all this fulfill, 225 

Do it ihortely as ye can ; 
Els wyll I to the grene wode go, 

Alone, a banyfhed man. 

She. 
J fliall as nowe do more for you 

Than longeth to womanhede ; 230 

To fliorte my here, a bowe to bere. 

To fliote in tyme of nede. 
O my fwete mother, before all other 

For you I have mofl drede: 
But nowe, adue [ I muft enfue* 235 

Where fortune doth me lede. 
All this make ye ; Now let us ile ; 

The day cometh fail upon ; 
For, in my myQ^Ci of all mankynde 

I love but you alone^ 240 

D 3 H«. 

I 

Per, 419, above your ere. ProL Vtr^ 2io» above the kn^. p^*/. 

Vers 223. ihe fxme, Frtl^ 



1 



39 ANCIENT SONGS 

He. 

Nay, nay, nat fo ; ye fhall nat go. 

And I fhall tell ye why, — ^ 
Your appetyght is to be lyght 
- ' Of love, Iweleelpy: 

For, lyk6 as ye have fayed to me, 245 

In lyke wyfe hardely 
Ye wolde anfwcre whofoever it were. 

In way of company, 
' ' It is fayd of olde, Sone hote, fone colde j* 

And fo is a woman. 250 

Wherfore I to the wode wyll gOji 

Alone, a banyfhed man. 

She. 
yf ye take hede, it i/no nede 

Such wordes to fay by me ; 
For oft ye prayed, and longe aiTayed, 255 

Or I you loved, pardc : 
An J though that I of aunceftry 

A barons daughter be. 
Yet have you proved howe I you loved, 

A fquyer of lowe degre ; 260 

And ever fhall, whatfo befall ; 

To dy therforc anone ; 
For, in my mynde, of all mankyndo 

I love but you alone. 

He. 

y^r, 15 T. For I mttft to the grene wnde g<^. ProK Ver, t^j. vet 
it. Cajnb, Cofy, Perhaps Jof yt is« /V*262. dy with him. Editor's AfiS,. 



AND BALLADS. 39 

Hb. 

A barons chylde to be begylde I. 265 

It were a curfed dede ; 
To be felawe with an oatlawe ! 

Almighty (iod forbcde ! 
Yet beter were, the pore fquycrc 

Alone to fore ft yede, 27© 

Than ye fholde fay another day 

That, by my curfed dede 
Ye were betrayd : Wherfore, good mayd. 

The beft rede that I can. 
Is, that I to the grene wode go, 275 

Alone, a banyfhed man. 

She. 
Whatever befall, I never fhall 

Of this thyng you upbrayd: 
But yf ye go, and leve me fo. 

Than have ye me betrayd. 280 

Remember you wele, howe that ye dele; 

For, yf ye, as ye fayd. 
Be fo unkynde, to leve behyndc. 

Your love, the not-browne mayd. 
Truft me truly\ that I fliall dy 285 

Sone after ye be gone ; 
For, in my mynde, of all mankynde 

I love but you alone, 

D 4 Hi. 

Ver, 278. outbrayd, ¥r^U Ver, 282. ye be a«. Vr^U 
Vtr* 283. Yc were unkynde to leve mcbshynde, Pre/. 



4e ANCIENT SONOS 

Hb. 

iff that ye went, ye fkolde repent ; 

For in the fbreft nowe 25^0 

I have purvayed me of a mayd. 

Whom I love more than you ; 
Another fayrire, than ever ye were, 

I dare it wele avowe; 
And of you bothe eche (holde be wrothe 2p£ 

With other, as I trowe : 
It were myne efe, to ly ve in pcfe ^ 

So wyllly yf I can; 
Whcrfore I to the wode wy!l go 

A]one> a banyflied man* JP9 

She. 
Though in the wode I andyrftode 

Ye had a paramooTy 
All this may nought remove my thought. 

But that I wyll be your ; 
And fhe fliall fyndeme foft, and kynde^ 30^ 

And courtcys every hour ; 
Glad to fulfyll all that fhe wyll 

Commaunde me to my power : 
For had ye, lo, an hundred mo, 

* Of them I wolde be one;' 319 

For, in my mynde, of all mankyndo 

I love bqt you alone. 



Hi, 



Yet wolde I be that ooc. 



AND BALLADS. 41 

Hs. 
)if yne owne dere love, I fc the prove 

That ye be kynde, and true 3 
Pf maydc, and wyfc, in all my lyfo, 31 j 

The beA that ever I knewe. 
fernery and glad, be no more fad. 

The cafe U chaanged newe ; 
}^or it VfCTfi rjithe, that, for your trathe. 

Ye iholde have caufe to rewe s 3x0 

Be nat difmayed ; whatfbever I fayd 

To you, whan I began ; 
J wyll nat to the gr^ne wode go. 

J am no banylhed man. 

Shc. 

Thcfe tydings be more gladdtome, 32 j 

Than to be made a quene, 
yf I were fure they (holde endove : 

But it is often fene. 
Whan mpn wyll brcke pron^yfe, (hey (pekc 

The wordes on the fplene. 330 

Ye ihape fome wylle me to begyle. 

And ftele from me, I wene : 
Than, were the cafe worfe than it was. 

And I more wo-begone: 
for, in my mynde, of all mai^kynde 335 

J love but you alone. 

He, 



yw. 315. flf all. ^roK Vir^ jas* gJad^«- ^''^^ 



4a ANCIENT SONGS 

He. 
Ye fhall nat nede farther to drede; 

I wyll nat dyfparage 
You, (God defend I) fyth ye defcjend 

Of fo grete a lynage. 340 

Nowc undyrftande ; to Weftmarlande, 

Which is myne herytage, 
I wyll you bryngc ; and with a rynge. 

By way of majryage 
I wyll yoa take, and lady make, 3^^ 

As fhortely as I can ; 
Thus have you won an criya fon, 

And not a banyfhed man.'' 

/ AVTHOR. 

<< Here may ye fe, that women be 

In love, meke, kynde, and ftable : 350 

I^ate never man reprove them than. 

Or call them variable ; 
But, rather, pray God» that we may 

To them be comfortable; 
Which fometyme provcth fuch, as he lov^» 355 

Yf they be charytable. 
For fyth men wolde that women fhplde 

Be meke to them each one ; 
Moche more ought they to God obey. 

And fcrve but hym alone« 360 

VIL A 

rer. 340. iirefe lynyage. Pro/. Ver^ 347. Thfn have. Prd. 

Vtr, 348. And no banyflied. Prol. V, 3 52. 'This line vfantifig in ProL 
V' 355- provcd^Iovcd.Pro/. lb,2A\oyt\}x,Camb, ^.357.Forfotb.i'r«/, 



ANDBALLADS. 43 

VII, 
A BALET BY THE EARL RIVERS. 

The amiabU light y in ivhich the chamber ^of Anthtnr^ 
WiJ'ville the gallant Earl Ri'vers has been placed by the li'uely 
Editor of the Catal, of Noble Authors y interefts us in tvhat^ 
^'uer fell from his pen. It is prefumed therefore that the 
infertion of this little Sonnet 'will be pardoned, tho* it Jhould 
not be found to hai^ much poetical merit. It is the only ori^ 
ginal Poem kno^n of that nobleman* s ; bis more ^voluminous 
works being only tranjlations. And if nue confider that it 
was written during his cruel confiisanent in Pomfret caftle 
a fljort time before his execution in 1483, // gives us a fine 
fiSure of the compqfur^ and fieadinefs with which this flout 
earl beheld bis approaching fate, 

^e 'ver/fj are preferred by Rouse acontemporaryhiftorian, 
whofeemsl^o ba*ue copied them from the EarPs own hand 
writing. In tempore, fays this writer^ incarcerationis a«. 
pud Pontem-fra^um edidit unum Balet in anglicis, ut 
mihi monftratum eft, quod fubfequitur fub his verbis : 
;^mn miiat mufpng &c. << Roffi Hift. 8vo 2 Edit. p. 213." 
The id Stanza is, nottuithflanding, imperfect, and we have 
inferted aflerijks, to denote the defeSl. 

This little piece, ijuhich perhaps ought rather to have beef^ 
frinted in flanxas of eight flfort lines, is ^written in imi- 
tation of a poem of Chaucer* s, that nuill be found in Urry^j^ 
$dit, 1721^ pag, 555, beginning thus. 



** Alone ijoalkyng. In thought plainyng. 
And fore fighying. All defolate. 
Me remembrying Of my livyng 

My death nuifljyng Bothe erly and late^ 

*' Infortunate Is fo my fate> 

" That wate ye what. Out of mefure 

^* My life I hate ; Thus defperate 

y* In fuchpore eftat^, D,oe I endure, i^c,'* 

SUM. 






4+ ANCIENT SONGS 



SUMWHAT mufyngy and more momyng. 
In remembring the unflydfaftnes j ^ 
This world being of fhch whelyng. 
Me contrariepg, what may I gefle I 

J fere dowtles, remediles, » 5 

Is now to (efe my wofull chaunce. 
JL.0 'is ' this traunc^ now in fubflaunc^, 

« « « « • (ji^jj jj jjjy dawnce, 

Wyllyng to dye, me thynkys truly 

Bowndyn am I, and that gretly, to be content: 10 
Seyng playnly, that fortune doth wry 

All contrary from myn entente 

My lyfF was lent me to on intent, 
Hytt is ny fpent. Welcome fortune ! 

But I ne went thus to be fhent, IJ 

But fho hit menty fuch is hur won. 



yer. 7. in this. Rojt HiJI. 
V*r, 15. went, /. <r, weaud* 



Tin, (iu< 



AND BALLADS. 45 

VIII. 
CUPID'S ASSAULT: BY NICH. LORD VAUX. 

The Reader nvill oh/er*ve that infant Poetry gre^w apaci 
het'ween the times 0^ Rivers and Vaux, tho* almoft contempo- 
raries , Sir Nicholas (after^Cijards lord) Faux *was a Jbining 
ornament in the cturt of Henry VII, and died in the year 
1523. Seethe ballad^ i lothb that i did love, in the 
next volume. 

The Jblhnving piece (printed from Surrey* s poems^ '559* 

J^o) is attributed to lord Faux by Puttenbam in his " Art of 

Eng, Poefe^ 1589. 4/d." Take the pajfage at large. ** In 

•* this figure [Counterfait jf^ion] the lord Nicholas Faux^ 

" a noble gentleman and much delighted in ^vulgar makings 

*' and a man otherwife of no great learning, but having 

•* herein a marvelous facilities made n dittie reprefenting the 

** Battayle and AJfault of Cupide^ fo excellently ivellt as for 

** the gallant and propre application of his fiSion in every 

** partt I cannot choofe butfet doftvne the great eft part of his 

** ditty 9 for in truth it cannot be amended. When Cupid 

** SCALED, {sTr." /. 200. For a farther account of 

this ancient peer and poet fee Mr. IFalpole^s Noble Authors, 
vol. I. 

WHEN Cupide fcaled fyrft the fort, 
- Wherin my hart lay wounded fore ; 
The battery was of fuch a (brt. 
That I muft yelde or dye therfore« 

There faw I Love upon the wall, 5 

How he is banner did difplay. 
Alarme, alarme, he gan to cal. 

And bade his fouldiours kepe aray* 

3 The 



46 ANCIENT SONGS 

The armesy the which that Cupyde bare, 

Wer pcarced hartes with teares befprentj i^ 

In filver and fable to declare 
The ftedfaft love, he alwaies ment. 

There myght you fee his band al dreft 
In colours lyke to white and blacker 

With powder and with pellets preft ft 

To bring the fort to fpoyle and fackc. 

Good-wily the maifter of the Ihot, 
Stode in the rampire brave and prottde> 

For {pence of powder he ipared not 
Afiauit ! aifault ! to crye aloude^ ^0 

There might you hcare the cannons rore; 

Eche piece difcharged a lovers loke ; 
Which had the power to rent, and tore 

In any place wheras they toke. 

And even with the trumpets ibwne t% 

The fcaling ladders wer up fet. 
And Beauty walked up and downe^ 

With bow in hand, and arrowes whet» 

Then iirft Defire began to fcale, 

And ihrouded him under his targe ; . * 30 
As one the worthieft of thein al. 

And apteft for to geve the charge* 

Then 



ANDBALLADS, 47 

Then pufhed foaldiers with their pykcs. 

And halberders with handy ftrokes ; 
The argabufhe in flefhe it lightes, 35 

And duns the ayre with milly fmokes. 

And as it is 'now* fbuldiers u(e 

When (hot and powder gyns to want* 

I hanged up my flagge of trace. 
And pleaded for my lives grant. 40 

When Fanfy thus had made her breache. 

And Beauty entred with her bande. 
With bag and baggage, fely wretch, 

I yelded into Beauties hand. 

Then Beauty bad to blow retrete, 45 

And every fouldiour to retyre. 
And Mercy 'milde' with ipede to fet 

Me captive bound as priibner. 

Madame, quod I, iith that this day 

Hath ferved you at all aiTayes, 50 

I yelde to you without delay 

Here of the fortrefle all the kayes : 

And fith that I have ben the marke. 
At whom you (hot at with your eye ; 

Nedes muft you with your handy warke 55 

Or falve my fore, or let me die. 

PC. Sir 



ANCIENT SO NO St 



IX. 
SIR ALDINGAtt. 

This tU fahutous legend is gi*ven from the Edit ot^ s f 069 
US, toith a fetv cenjeQurai emetubutoks^ and the tftfertiei 
^3^4* fianzM to Jitfplj dtfeSs in the original c^m 

OUR kyng he kept a falfe ftewarde^ 
Sir Aldingar they him call ; 
A falfer ileWard than he Was oiiei 
Servde not in bower nor halK 

He wolde have layne by oar comelye queenci 5 

Her deere wor(hip|>e to betf aye i 
Oar qaetffie flietf wsls a good womib^ 

And evermore fayd him nkytm 

Sir Aldingar was wrothe in his mind^ 
With her hee was never content, i# 

Till traiterous meanes he colde devyfe^ 
In a fyer to have her brent. 

There came a lasar to the kT' gs gate^ 

A lazar both blinde and h 4ie : 
He tooke the lazar upon his backed t j 

And on the qaeenes bed him layne« 

tyc 



AND BALLADS. 49 

liye fiill, laz^r^ whtfras thou lyeft^ 

Looke thou go not hence away ; 
ife imake thee a whole man and a found 

In two howers of the day." 2» 

Then went him forth fir Aldingar, 

And hyed him to our king : 
<V If I might have grace, as I have (pace, 

<< Sad tydings I could bring." 

Saye oii, faye oh, fir Aldingar, 25 

Saye on the foothe to mee. 
*' Our queene hath chofen a new new love^ 

** And ihee will have hone of thee. 

''<^ If fiiee had chofen a right good knight^ 

" The leiTe had beene her fhame ; |tt 

'* But ihe hath chbfe her a lazar man, 
<< A lazar both blinde and lame." 

If this be truev fir Aldingar, 

The tydings thou telleft to me. 
Then I will make thee a riche riche knight> 3^ 

Riche both of golde and fee^ 

iBut if it be fklie> fir Alditigar, 

As God nowe grant it bee ! 
Thy bodycj I fweare by the holye rood. 

Shall hang on the gallows tree. 40 

Vol. II. E Ht 



I 



50 A N C I E NT S O N G 8 

He brought our king to the queenes cKamber^ 

And opend to him the dore. 
A lodlyc love, king Henrye fayd, 
^' For our queene dame Elinore l 

If thou wert a man^ a« thou art none« 4$ 

Here on my Avord thouft dye ; 
But « pay re of new gallowes {hall now be built. 

And there fhalt thou hang on hye. 

Forth then hyed our king, I wyfse. 

And an angry man was hee ; 50 

And foone he found queene EUnore, 

That bride fo bright of blec. 

Now God you fave, our qutfene^ madaune. 

And Chrift you fave and fee ; 
Heere you have chofen a newe newe love, 5 J 

And you will have none of raee. 

If you had chofen a fight good knight^ 

The le^e had been your (hame : 
But you have chole you a lazar man, 

A lazar both blinde and lame« 6^ 

» 
Therfore a fyer there (hall be built 

And brent all (halt thorn bee. — - 
Now out alacke ! fayd our comlye queefie^ 

Sir Aldingar's falft to mee^ 

Now 



AND Ballads* 51 

Now out alacke ! fayd bar comlye queene, 65 

My heart with griefe will braft. 
I had thought fwevens had never beene trut 1 

I have proved them true at laft. 

I dreamt a fweven on thurfday evCf 

In my bed wheras I laye, 70 

I dreamt a grype and a grimlie beaft 

Had carried my crowne awaye ; 

My gorget and my kirtle of golde» 

And all my faire head^geere ; 
And he wolde worrye me with his tu(h 75 

And to his neft y-beare : ^ 

Saving there came a litle 'grey' hawke» 

A merlin him they call. 
Which antill the grounde did ftrike the grype^ 

That dead he downe did fall. 8« 

Giffe I were a mai), as now I am none, 

A 4)attell wolde I prove. 
To £ght with that traitor Aldingar | 

Att him I caft my glove. 

fiat feeing Ime able noe battel! to make> 9^ 

My liege, grant me a knight 
To fight with that traitor Aldingar> 

To maintaine me in my right.*' 

E 2 " Now 



1 



52 ANCIE.NTSONGS 

" Now forty dayes I will give thee 

To feeke thee a knight therin : 90 

If thou find not a knight in forty dayes 

Thy bodye it muft brenn." 

Then fhee fent eaft, and (hee fcnt weft. 

By north and fouth bedeene : 
But never a champion colde fhe find, 95 

Wolde fight with that knight foe kecne. 

Now twenty dayes were fpent and gone, 

Noe helpe there might be had \ 
Many a teare fhed our comelye queene. 

And aye her hart was fad. 10© 

Then came one of the queenes damselles, 

And knelt upon her knee, 
« Cheare up, cheare up, my gracious dame, 

I truft yet helpe may be ; 

And here I will make mine avowe, i«S 

And with the fame me binde ; 
That never will I return to thee. 

Till I fome helpe may finde." 

' Then forth (he rode on a faire palfrayc 

Oer hill and dale about : n® 

But never a champion colde (he fi nde^ 
Wolde fighte with that knight fo llout. 

And 



AND BALLADS. 53 

And no we the daye drewe on a pace. 

When our good queene muft dye ; 
All woe-begone was that faire damselle, 115 

When ihe foand no helpe was nye. 

All woe-begone was that faire damselle. 
And the fait teares fell fropi her eye : 

When lo ! as flie rode by a rivers fide. 

She met with a tinye boye« I20 

A tinye boye ihe mette, God wot, 

All clad in mantle of golde ; 
He feemed noe more in mans likeneffe, 

Then 4 cjiild of foi;r yeere olde. 

Why grieve you, damfelle faire, he fayd, i»j 

And what doth caufe yoq moane ? 
The Bamfell fcant wolde deigne a looke 

But fad ihe pricked on, 

m 

Yet turn againe, thou fa'ire damselle. 

And greete thy queene from mee : 130 

When bale is att hyeft, boote is nyeft, 

Now helpe enoughe may bee. 

Bid her remember what fhe dreamt 

In her bedd, wheras fhes laye ; 
flow when the grype and the grimly beaft 13^ 

Wolde have carried her crowne avvaye, 

E 3 Evcjn 



54 ANCIENT SONGS 

Even then there came the litle gray hawke. 

And favf d her from his dawes : 
Then bidd' the queene be merry at hart. 

For heaven will fende h(;r cai^fe. i|q 

Qack then rode that faire damselle. 

And her hart it lept for glee : 
And when (he told her gracious dame 

A gladd wo|nan was fliee. 

BMt when the appointed day was come, 14J 

No helpe appeared nye : 
Then woeful, woeful was her hart. 

And the tear^f ^ood in her eye. 

And nowe a fyer was built of wood ; 

And a (lake was made of tree; 15Q 

* 

And now queene EUnore forth was ]^d, 

» 

A forrowful fight to fee. 

Three times the herault he wave4 his hand. 

And three times fpake on hyec 
GiiF any good knight will fende this dame, 155 

Come forth, or (hee muft dye. 

No knight flood forth, no knight there came. 

No helpe appeared nye : 
And now the fyer was lighted up. 

Queen Elinore fhe mufl dye. 160 

And 



ANDBALLADS. 55 

And now the fyer was lighted up^ 

As hot as hot might bee ; 
When ii4wg upon a little ^hite ileed. 

The ,tinye boye they fee. 

f'Awzy with that ftake, away with thofe brands, 165 

And loQ.fe our comelye queeqe : 
J am come to fight with fir Aldingar, 

A^d prove him a traitor keenp." 

Forthe then ftood fir Aldingar, 

But when he faw the chylde^ 1 70 

}ie laughjedy and rcofFed, and turned his backe^ 

And weene(] he had been beguylde. 

Now turne, now turne thee, Aldingar, 

And eyther fighte or flee ; 
I trufi that I fhall avenge the wronge, 17 j 

Thoughe I am fo fmall to fee. 

The boye puUd forth a well good fworde 

So gilt it dazzled the ee; 
The fir&, ftroke ftricken at Aldingar 

Smote of his leggs by the knee. 180 

Stand up, ft^nd up, thou falfe trait5re, 

And fight upon thy fcete. 
For and thou thrived, as ihou beginneft, 

Of height wee (hal be mccte, 

E 4 A prieft. 



56 ANTIENT SONGS 

A prieft, a prieft, iayes Aldingar, 185 

While I am a qian alive. 
A prieft, a prieft, fayes Aldingar, 

Me for to houzle and fhrive. 

I wolde have layne by our comlyc queenc 

Bot (hee wolde never confent; 1911 

Then I thought to betray e her unto our kinge 
In a fyer to have her brent. 

There came a lazar to the kings gates. 

A la^ar both blinde and lame : 
I tooke the lazar upon my backe, 19 j 

And on her bpdd him layne. 

Then ranne I to our comlye king. 

Thefe tidings fore to tell. 
But ever alacke ! fayes Aldingar, 

Falfing never doth well. 299 

Forgive, forgive me, queene, madame. 

The ihort time I muft live. 
Nowe Chrift forgive thee, Aldingar, 

As freely I forgive. 

Here take thy queene, our king Harry^e, 2Q$ 

And love her as thy life. 
For never had a king in Chriftentye, 

A truer and fairer wife. 

Then 



ANDBALLADS. 57 

King Henrye ran to clafpe his queene, 

And loofed her full Tone : 210 

Then turnd to look for the tinye boye ; 

The boye v{sls yanifht and gone. 

But firft he had touchd the lazar man. 

And ftroakt him with his hand : 
The lazar under the gallowes tree 215 

All whole and founde did (land. 

The lazar under the gallowes tree 

Was comelye, ftraight and tall ; 
King Henrye made him his head llewarde 

To wayte withinn his hall. 229 



• • 



X. 

ON THOMAS LORD CROMWELL, 

// is ,e*ver the fate of a dif graced mini ft er to be forfaUfi 
h ^^^ friends^ and infulted by his enemies^ alivays reckon^ 
ing among the latter the ?iddy inconftant multitude^ We 
have here a fpurn at fallen greatnefs from fame angry 
fartifan of declining popery^ <who could ne^er forgi've the 
donfonfall of their Diana^ and lof^ of their craft. The 
ballad feems to ha^ve been co*r:pnfed bet^ween the time of Crom- 
"welPs commitment to the tonver Jnn. I I, I 5 40, and that 
of his being beheaded July 28, follo^wing, A Jhort inter ^ 
'val I but Henry's pafjion for Catharine HoiAjard ivould 

admit 



58 ANCIENT SONGS 

ddmit no debtf. Notnuithftanding our libeller^ CrmweB 
bad excellent qualities ; bis great fault *was too much obr 
/equioufnefs to the arbitrary will of bis mafter ^ but let 
ft be confidered that this mafter badraifed bimfrom obfcurityy 
4ind that the high-born nobility bad Jke^n him the nuaj 
JK e^ery kind of mean and fertile compliance.^ The ori- 
ginal copy printed at London in 1 540, is intitled ** A nenve 
f« ballade made of Thomas Crumiuely called Trolle on' 
»* AWAY." To it is prefixed this diftich by ^way of burthen^ 

Trolle on away, trolle on awaye. 

Synge he^^ve and howe rombelowe trolle on away. 

BOTH man and chylde is glad to here tell 
Of that falfe traytoure Thomas Crumwel, 
Now that he is fet to le^ne to fpell, 

Synge trolle on away. 

When fortune lokyM the in thy face. 

Thou haddyft fayre tyme, but thou lackydyft grace ; \ 

Thy cofers with golde Uiou fyllydft a pace. 

Synge, &c. 

Both plate and ch^ys came to t^y fyft. 
Thou lockydlt'them vp where no man wyft, 
Tyll in the kynges treafoure fuc))e thingcs were myft. 

Synge, &c. 

Both cruft and crumme came thorowe thy handes. 
Thy marchaundyfe fay led over the fandes, 
Therfore nowe thou art layde faft in bandcs. 

Synge, &c. 

Fyrdc 



A N D B A L L A D s; 59 

Fyrfte when kynge Henry, God faue his grace ! 
Perceyud myfchefe kyndlyd in thy face. 
Then it was tyme to purchafe the a pl^e. I5 

Synge, &c. 

Hys grace was cuer of gcntyll nature, 
Mouyd with petye, and made the hys feruyture. 
But thou, as a wretche, fuche thinges dyd procure. 

Synge, &c. 

Thou dyd not remembre, falfe heretyke. 

One God, one fayth^ and one llynge catholyke, z^ 

For thou haft bene fo long a fcyfmatyke. 

Synge, &c. 

Thou woldyft not learne tq knowe thefe thrc. 
But euer was full of iniquite ; 
Wherfore all this lande hathe ben troubled with the. 

Synge, &c. 

^AU they, thaf were of the new irycke, 25 

Agaynft the churche thou baddeft them ftycke, 
Whe.fore nowc thpu hafte touchyd the quycke. 

Synge, &c« 

Bothe facramentes and facramentalles 
Thou woldyft hot fufFre within thy walles ^ 
Nor let vs praye for all chryften foules. ' 30 

Sy|ige, &:c. 

Of 




6o ANCIENT SONGS 

Of what generacyon thou were |io tonge can tell, 
Whyther of Chayme, or Syfchpmell, 
Or elfe fpnt vs frome the dcuyll of hell. 

Syngc, &c. 

Thou woIdcO neuer to vertije applyc. 

But couetyd eaer to clympie to hye, 35 

An4 no^ye hafte thou trodden thy ihoo awrye. 

' Synge, &c. 

Who-fo-cuer dyd winne thou wplde not lofe, 
Wherfore al Englaijde doth hate the as I luppofe, 
Sycaufi^ thou wail falfe to the redolent rofe. 

Synge, &c. 

Thou myghteft haae learned thy cloth to flockc, 40 
Upon thy grcfy fullers ftocke ; 
Wherfore lay downe thy heade vpoii this blockc. 

Synge, &c. 

Vet faue that foule, that God hath tought, 
And for thy carcas care thou nought, 
Let it fufFre payne, as it hath wrought, 45 

Synge, Sec. 

God faue kyng Henry with all his power. 
And prynce Edwarde that goodly flowre. 
With all hys lordes of great honoure. 

Synge trolle on awaye, fyng trolle on away. 

Hevye %ad how rombelowe trolle on awaye. 



AND BALLADS. 6% 



. XI. 

HARPALUS. 
An ancient English Pastoral. 

y^/V heautiful poem^ ivhicb is perhaps the firfi attempt 
at pafioral luriting in our language, is prefir*ved among 
the SovGS AND SoNNBTTES of the eatlof Surrey, ^c. j^o. 
1574. /» that part of the colle^iiony *which conjifis of pieces 
hy UNCERTAIN AUCTOURS. Thefe poems ijjere firft pub- 
UJhed in 1 5 57, ten years after that accomplijhed nobleman fell 
a 'viBim to the tyranny of Henry VIII : but it is prefumed 
moft of them ivere compofed before the death ef fir Thomas 
Wyatt in 1541. See Surrey* s poems, j^o.foL 19. 49. 

Tho* nuritten perhaps near half a century before /;&^ Shep- 
herd's CALENDAR *9 this • m)ill be found far fuperior to 
any of thofe Eclogues in natural unaffeded fentiments, in 
fimplicity of ftyle, in eajy Jio*w of 'verfification, and all the* 
beauties of pafioral poetry, Spenfer ou^fft to have profit^ 
ed more by fo excellent a modeL 

PH I L L I D A was a faire maide* 
As frefli, as any flower; 
Whom Harpalus the heard-man praide 
To be his paramo ure. 

Harpalusy and eke Conn, 5 

Were herdmen both yftre : ' 
Aad Phillida would twifl and fpinney 

And thereto fmg ful clere. 



fiut 



• ritfipull\jh:i\n\n^. 



But Phillida was al t6 coye^ 

For Harpalus. to winne : 10 

For Corin was her only joye. 

Who fofSt her not a pinne* 

tiow often woold ihe flowers twuie ? 

How often garlants make 
Of cottilips and of culumbine ? 

And al for Corin's fake. 

Bat Corin, he had hawkes to lure» 

And forced more the fielde : 
Of lovers law he tooke no cure; 

For once he was beguilde. 29 

Harpalus prevayled nought, 

Hi^ labour all was lofl | 
For he was fartheft from her thought^ 

And yet he loved her moft* 

Therefore wax he both pale and leane^ «5 

And dry as clod of clay : 
His flefhe it was confamed cleane; 

His colour gone away« 

His beard it had not long be fhave| 

His heare hong al unkempt: J« 

A man moil fit even for the grave^ 

Whom (piteful love had fhcnt. ' * 

• ttii 



AKO^ALLAIJS, ii 

&1S eyes werd red, and all forwacht; 

His face be^rent with teares : 
It Teemed anhap had him long hatcht» 3 j 

In middes of his difpaires« 

His clothes were blacke, and alfo bare; 

As one forlome was hee ; 
Upon his head alwdes he ware 

A wreathe of willowe tree. 4d 

His beaftes he kept upon the hill. 

And he fate in the dale ; 
And thus with fighes and ibrrows {hrill. 

He gan to tell his tale. 

Oh Harpalus ! thus would he fay ; 4$ 

Unhappieft under funne ! 
The caufe of thine unhappie day^ 

By love was firft begunne. 

For thou weneift firft by fate to feeke 

A tygre to make tame, 50 

That fettes not by thy love a Iceke; 

But makes thy griefe her game. 

As eafy it were for to converte 

The frofl into a flame ; 
As for to tume a ffowarde herte, 55 

Whom thou fo faine wouldeft frame. 

z Corin 



64 ANCIENT SONGS 

Corin he livetli careleiTe: 

He leapes among the leaves : 
He eates the fruites of thy redrefle : 

Thou reapeftj he takes the fheaves; 69 

My beaftes a while your foode refraine» 
And harke your herdmans founde : 

Whom {pitefull love, alas ! hath ilaine^ 
Through girt with many a wounde« 

happie be ye, bcaftcs wildc, Sj 
That here your pailure takes : 

1 fee that ye be not beguilde 

Of theefe your faithful makes; 

The hart he feedeth by the hinde : 

The bucke harde by the doc : ;• 

The turtle dove is not unkinde 

To him that loves her fo; 

The ewe fhe hath by her the rammc : 

The yong cowe hath the bulle : 
The calfe with many a lufty lambe 7J 

Do feede their hunger full. 

But, wel-a-way ! that nature wrought 

Thee, Phillida, fo faire : 
For I may fay that I have bought 

Thy beauty all to deare. So 

What 



ANDBALLADS. 65 

What reafbn is that cruelty 

With beauty fhould have part ? 
Or els that fuch great tiranny 

Shoald dwell in womans hart ? 

I fe therefore to fliape my deathe - 85 

She cruelly is preft; 
To th'end that I may want my breathe : 

My dayes ben at the beft. 

O Cupide, grattnt this my requeft. 

And do not ftoppe thine eares ; 9^ 

That fliee may feele within her brefte 

The paines of my diipaires : 

Of Corin *whoe* is carelefie. 

That (he may crave her fee : 
As I have done in greate diftrefle, 95 

That lovd her faithfullye. 

But fince that I flial die her flave; 

Her flave, and eke her thrall ; 
Write you, my friendes, upon my grave 

This chaunce that is befall. 1 00 

** Here lieth unhappy Harpalut 

" By cruell love now flaine : 
" Whom Phillida unjuftly thus, 

'* Hath murdred with difdaine." 

Vol. n. F XII. ROBIN 



^ ANCIENT SONGS 



XII. 

ROBIN AND MAKYNE. 
An ANCtfNT Scottish ?a»torai-. 

The palm of paftoral poejy is hire cMttfted by a cotempd' 
rary wjriter switb the. author of the fore^omgn The reader 
^11 decide their refpeSiye meritj. The author of this pom 
has one ad<vantage over his rivals in halving his name handed 
dotjon to us, Mr. Rob e rt He n r y s o n (to nvhom *we are 
indebted for it) apppars to fi nmeh idf'uantage timong the 
^Ujriters of eclogue^ 4hat ^we arejony *we can give no better 
account of biiff^ than nuhat is contained in thefoUvwing 
elogey vSrit hylV, Dunbar^ a Scottijh poet^ ^who lived about 

the middle of the l6th century : 

* 

«« In Dumferling, he [death] hath tarn Broun^ 
" With gudeMr\ Robert Henryfon.''* 

fn Ramfey^S'tEvEViCKSEVf, Vol* L ^whence this diftich^ and 
the following beautiful poem are extra^ed^ are frejerved two 
other little Doric pieces ^ by Henry fin ; the one intitled Thi 
Lyon and the Mov^b, i the other ^ Thb garment 

OP GUDE LaDYI4« 

Robin fat on the gude grcnc kiH, 
Keipand a flock of fie, 
Quhen mirry Makync faid him till, 

" O Robin rew on me. 
« I haif three luivt baith loud and ftiH, •^ 5 

«« Thir towmonds twa or Are : 
" My dule in dern but gif thou diH, 
" Doubtleft bot drcid I die,'* 
- g. Robia 



ANP BALLADS. jS; 

Robin replied. Now by the rude, 

Naithing of luve I knaw, lo 

But keip my ffceip undir yon wod : 

Lo.quhair they raik on raw. 
Quhat can have mart thee in thy mude. 

Thou Makync to me fchaw ; 
Or quhat is luve, or to be lude ? 15 

Fain wald Ileir that law. 



" The law of luve gin thou wald leir, 
** Tak thair an A, B, C } 
Be kcynd, cpurtas, and fair of feir, 
Wyfe, hardy, kind and frie, 

" Sae that nae danger do the defr, 
'* What dule in dern thou drie 5 

" Prefs ay to plcis, and blyth appeir, 
" Be patient and privic.*' 






20 



«S 



Robin, l^e a^fwert her s^ain, 

I wat not quhat is luve. 
But I haif jQiarvel uncertain 

Quhat makes thee thus wanrufe. 
The wedder is fair, ^d I a«i fain ; 

My iheep gais h^l abuve, jo 

Gif we fould pley us on the plain. 

They wald us baith rcpruye, 

^2 " Robin, 



68 ANCIENT SONGS 

" Robin, tak tent unto my tale, 

•* And do all as I reid ; 
** And thou fall haif my heart all hale, 35 

" Eik and my maiden-heid : 
" Sen God, he fends bute for bale, 

*• And for murning remeid, 
«« I dern with thee but give t dale, 

<« Doubtlefs I am but deid." 40 

Majcyne, the morn be this ilk tyde, 

Gif ye will meit me heir. 
Maybe my (heip may gang bcfydc, 

Quhyle we have Kggd full neir ; 
But maugre haif I, gif I byde, 45 

Frae thay begin to ftcir, 
Quhat lyes on heart I will nocht hyd. 

Then Makyne mak gude cheir. 

** Robin, thou reivs me of my reft ; 

" I luve but thee alane." 5» 

Makyne, adieu ! the fun goes weK, 

The day is neir-hand gane. 
. *• Robin, ill dule I am fo dreft, 

" That luve will be my bane.** 
Makyne, gae luve quhair eir ye lift, 5 J 

For Icmans I luid nane. 

" RobiD, 



AND BALLADS. 69 

«« Robin, I ftand in fie a ftyle, 

" I fich and that full fair." 
Makyne, I have bene here this quyle. 

At hame I wifh I were. 60 

** Robin, my hinny, talk and fmyle, 

" Gif thou will do uae mair." 
Makyne, fom other man beguyle. 

For hameward I will fare. 

Syne Robin on his ways he went, 65 

As light as leif on tree ; 
But Makyne murnt and made lament, 

Scho trow'd him neir to fee. 
Robin he brayd attowre he bent : 

Then Makyne cried on hie, 70 

*« Now may thou ling, for I am fhent ! 

** Quhat can ail luve at me ? " 

Makyne went hame wichouten fail. 

And weirylie could weip ; 
Then Robin in a full fair dale 75 

AfTemblit all his flicip. 
Be that fome part of Makyne's ail. 

Out-throw his heart could creip, 
Hir faft he follow t to afl'ail. 

And till her tuke gude keip. 80 

F 3 Abyd, 



70 ANCIENT SO«GS 

Abyd, abyd, thou fair Makyne, 

A word for ony thing ; 
For all my luve, it fall be thync, 

Withouttcn departing. 
All hale thy heart for till have myne, 85 

Is all my coveting ; 
My iheip quhyle morn till the hours nyne^ 

Will mifter nae keiping. 

** Robin, th6u haft heard fung and fay, 

<' In jefts and ilorys auld, 90 

*« The man that will not when he may, 

*« Sail have nocht when he wald. 
«* I pray to heaven baith nicht and ddy, 

« Be eikd their cares fae cauld, 
<* That preflcs firft with thee to play 95 

" Be forreft, firth, or fauld.*' 

Makyne, the nicht is foft and dry. 

The wether warm and fair. 
And the grene wod richt neir hand by. 

To walk attowre all where : ico 

There may nae j anglers us eipy. 

That is in luve contrair ; 
Therein, Makyne, baith you and I 

Unfeen may mak repair. 

«« Robiii, 



A N D B A L L A D S. ft 

" Robin, that warld is now away, 105 

" And quyt brocht till an end, 
«< And ncir again thereto perfay, 

** Sail it be as thou wend ; 
«< For of my pain thou made but phy, 

** I words in vain did fpend ; I !• 

«< As thoa haft done fa6 fall I fay, 

<< Morn oily I think to mend." 

Makyne, the hope of all my heil. 

My heart on thee is fet ; 
I'll evermair to thee be leil, 115 

Qahyle I may live but lett> 
Never to fail as uthers feil, 

Quhat grace fo cir I get. 
** Robin, with thee I will not deal ; 

" Adieu, for this we met.** 1 29 

Makyne went hameward biyth enough, 

Outowre the holtis hair. 
Pure Robin murnd and Makyne leugh ; 

Scho fangy and he iicht fair : 
Scho left him in baith wae and wrench, jiij 

In dolor and in care, 
Keipand his herd under a heuch, 

Amang the rufey gair. 

F 4 XIII. GEN- 



72 ANCIENT SONGS 



XIIL 

GENTLE HERDSMAN, TELL TO ME. 
Dialogue between a Pilgrim and Herdsman. 

The/cene of this beautiful old ballad -ii laid near Waljtng" 
ham^ in Norfolk^ luhere ivas anciently an image of the 
Virgin Mary^ famous all o*ver Europe for the numerous pil- 
grimages made to it, and the great riches it poj/effed. Eraf 
mus has gi'ven a ^very exaS and humorous dejcription of the 
fuperjiitions praSlifed there in his time. See his account of the 
Virgo parathalassia, in his colloquy^ intitled^ Feke- 
GRiNATio RELiGiONis ERGO. He telts US, the rich offer- 
ings injil'ver^ gold^ and precious ftones^ that ^were there fietjon 
kim, fwere incredible, there being fear ce a perfon of any note 
in England y but nuhat fome time or other paid a njift, or 
Jent a prefent to our lady of Walsingham. At the 
diffolution of the monajieries in 1 5 38, this fplendid image, 
luith another frotn, Ipf<wich, luas carried to Chelfea, and 
there burnt in the prefence of commiffioners ; noho, *we truftf 
did not burn the jeivels and the finery, 

This poem is printed from a copy in the Editor* s folio MS* 
nuhich had greatly Jujfct'cd by the hand of time ; but 'veftiges 
of fe'veral of the lines' remainingy fome conje^ural fupplemenfs 
i>a^e been attempted, ^which, for greater exa£lnefs are in this 
one ballad dijiinguijhed by italicks. . 

GEntle herdfman, tell to me. 
Of curtefy I thee pray. 
Unto the towne of Walfingham 
Which is the right and ready way. 

«« Unto 



ANDBALLADS. 73 

1 

** Unto the towne of WalfingHam 5 

" The way is hard for to be gone 3 
** And verry crooked are thofe pathcs 

** For yoa to find out all alone." 

^ Were the miles doubled thrife. 

And the way never foe ill, 10 

Itt were not enough for mine offence ; 
Itt is- foe grievous and foe ill. 

«* Thy yeares are young, thy face is fa're, 
*' Thy witts are weake, thy thoughts are greene ; 

** Time hath not given thee leave, as yett, 15 

" For to committ fo great a fmne." 

Yes, herdfman, yes, foe woldft thou fay. 

If thou kneweft foe much as I ; 
My witts, and thoughts, and all the reft. 

Have well defervcd for to dye. 20 

I am not what I feeme to bee. 

My clothes, and fexe doe differ farr, 

I am a woman, woe is me 1 

Born to greeja:e and irkfome care. 

For my beloved, and well-beloved, 25 

My nvayward cruelty could kill : 

And though my tearcs fivill nought avail, 

Moji dearely I bewail him ilill. 

He 



74 ANCIENT SONGS 

He was thejkwere/uoble wights^ 

Noue eifer mortfincKK ctdde bee ; 50 

Of timely t nden eMd Jhaf^ he was. 

And Unierhfe hee loved mee. 

Jfl^n thus I /aw be Urcd me well, 

J gmue/o froude bis poiXit to iee. 
That I9 whe did not know myfelfe, 35 

Thought feorne of /ucb a yeutb as hcc. 

And grew foe coy and nice to pleafe. 

As womens lookes are often foe. 
He might not kifes, nor hand foriboth, 

Unlefle I willed him ibe to doe. jfl 

Thas being wearyed with delayes. 

To fee I pitycd not his. grecffe. 
He gott him to a fecrett place. 

And there hee dyed without releeife. ^ 

And for his fake thefe weedes I weare, 45 

And facriffice my tender age ; 
And every day He begg my bread. 

To undergoe tJiis pilgrimage. 

Thns every day I faft and praye. 

And ever will doe till I dye ; 50 

And gett me to fome fecrett place. 

For foe did hee, and foe will I. 

Now, 



ANDBALLADS. 75 

Now^ gfentle Kerdftiian, aflce no mort, 

Bttt ke€p€ fny fecrem I thee praj ; 
tJnto the towfk* 6f WalfihghaA 55 

Show me the right and readye way. 

^ Ndw goc thy Waycs, and Gbd beftre ! 

" ^or he muft ever guidfe thee ft ill : 
** Tame downe that dale^ the right hand path^ 

<< And foe, faire Pilgrim, fare thee well ! " 69 



XIV. 

K- EDWARD IV. AND TANNER OF TAMWORTH 

fTas afiory of grratfamt among our anceftors. The au-^ 
thor 0/ tie Art of English poesie^ ^5^9* ¥^» feems 
to /peak of ity as a realfaQ, — Defer thing that 'vicious mode 
ofjpeech, tvhich the Greeks called AcY no fly /. ^. " fFhen 
ive uje a dark and ohfcure *word, utterly repugnant to 
that we txjould exprefs ; " he adds^ '* Such manner of un^ 
** couth fpeech did the Tanner of Tamiuorth ufe to king Ed- 
*' ivard the fourth ; «which Tanner^ having a great <whili 
** mifiaken himy and ufed fuety hroad talke <with him^ at 
** lengthy percei'oing hy his traine that it ivas the kingy fMas 
** afraide he Jhouldhepunijhedfority [and] faid thus fiviti 
" a certaine rude repentance^ 

*' I hope I fliall be hanged to-morrow, 

" fi^ [I feare nfie] I (hall be hanged, nvhereat the king 
** laughed a goody not only to fee the Tanners fvaine 
^* fearey but alfo to henre his illjhapen terme ; andga*ve 

" him 



76 ANCIENTSONGS 

*« him for recompence of his good/port^ the inheritance of 
* < Plumpton-parke, I am affraid," concludes thisfagaci- 
ous <writery " the poets OF our time, that speake 
*• more finely and correctedly, will come 

*' too short of such a reward," p. 214. The 

phrafcy here referred to, is not found in this ballad at pre- 
fent, but occurs <wiih fome 'variation in the older poem^ in- 
titled John the Reeve, defcribed in the former 'volume^ 
p. 179, *i;/«. 

" Nay, fayd John, by Gods grace, 
** Jnd Edivard iver in this place, 

" Heefholdnot touch this tonne: 
" Hee 'wold be 'wroth nvith John I HOPE, 
** Thereffore I befhrew thefoupe, 

<* That in his mouth fhold come,** Pt. 2./. 24. 

The folhiOing text is feleSled from tnuo copies in black 
letter. The one in the Bodleyan library, intitled, " Amtr- 
** rie, pleafant, and dekaable hifiorie befweene K, Ednuard 
<' the fourth, and a Tanner ofTam%vorth, If^c, printed 
«• ^.t London, by John Danter, 1596." This copy, ancitnt 
as it noix) is, appears to have been modernized and altered at 
the time itivas publijhed ; but many 'ueftiges of the more an- . 
cient readings ivero reco^vered from another copy, (tho* more re- 
cently printed,) in one fheet folio, 'without date, in the Pepjs 
colleJlion, 

TN fummer time, when leaves grow greene, 
-fl- And bloiibms bedecke the tree, 
King Edward wolde a hunting ryde, 
Some paftime for to fee. 

With Mawke and hounde he made him bo wne, 5 

With home, and' eke with bowe ; 
To Drayton BafTet he tooke his waye. 

With all his lordes a rowe, 

2 ^nd 



AND BALLADS. 



77 



And he had ridden ore dale and downe 

By eight of clocke in the day, lo 

When he was ware of a bold tanner 
Come ryding along the waye. 

A fayre rafTet coat the tanner had on 

Fad buttoned under his chin, 
'And under him a good cow-hide, Ij 

And a mare of four fhillmg. 

No we iland you ftill, my good lordes all^ 

tJnder the grene wood ipraye ; 
And I will wend to yonder fellowe. 

To weet what he will faye. 20 

God fpeede, God fpeede thee, faid our king. 

Thou art welcome, fir, fayd hee. 
" The readyeil waye to Drayton BafTet 

I praye thee to (he we to mee.'* 

" To Drayton Baflet woldft thou goe, 25 

Fro the place where thou doft Hand ? 

The next payre of gallowes thou comell unto, 
Turne in upon thy right hand." 

That is an unreadye waye, fayd our king, 
Thou doeft but jeft I fee : 30 

Nowe ihewe me out the neareft waye. 
And I pray thee wend with mee. 

Away« 



78 ANCIENT SONGS 

waye with » vengMunce ! i^uoth |he tanner s 
I hold thee out of thy witt : 
An daye have I rydden ofi Bro^jce my m^sCf 35 
And I am fafting yett. 

«< Go with jne downe to Drayton BaiTot^ 

No daynties we will ijpare ; 
All daye fhaU thou eate and drmke of the bet, 

And I will paye thy fare.'' 40 

Gramercye for notKng, the tanner replyde. 

Thou payeft no £&re of mine : 
I trowe I've more nobles in my purfe. 

Than thou haft penee in thine. , 

Ood give thee joy of them, fayd the king, 45 

And fend them well to priefe. 
The tanner wolde faine have beene away. 

For he weende he had beene a thiefe. 

What art thou, hee fayde, thou fine fdldwe, 
Of thee I am in great feare, 50 

For the cloathes, thou weareft upon thy backe, 
Might befeeme a lord to weare. 

I never ftole them, quoth our king, 

I tell you, fir, by the roode. 
** Then thou playeft, as many an unthrift doth, 55 

And ftandefl in midds of thy goode.^* 

What 



A N D B A L L A D S. 79 

What tydinges heave yoa, fiiyd the kynge. 

As you ryde farre and aeare ? 
<* I beare no tydinges, fir^ t>y the mafic. 

But that cowehides are deare/' 60 

** Ccmre hides ! cowe hides ! what things are thofe ? 

I marvell what they 4>ee ? ** 
What thou a foole ? the tanner repIyM ; 

I carry one under mee/* 

Whavt onftfman art thou, faid the king, 65 

I praye thee tell me, trowe. 
*< I am a bark^» £r, by my trade* 

No we tell me what act thou ? ^* 

lafnapoorecourtiery fir, quodi he. 

That am forth of fervice worne $ ^o 

And faiue I wolde thy prentife bee, 

Thy cunninge ibr to learne. 

Mai9^ hea^iren forefendy ^e tanner teplyde. 

That thou my prentiie were : 
ThoawoUft^>endiBoregood thanliholdwinne 75 

By fortye ihilliiig a yeTC. 

Yet one thinge wolde I, fayd our king. 

If thou wilt not feeme ftran^e : 
Thoughc my horfe be better than thy mare, 

Yet with thee I faine wold change. 80 

Why 



cc 



^ 



So ANCIENT SONGS 

** Why if with ma thou faine wilt change^ 

As change full well maye wee^ 
By the faith of my bodye, thou proude fellowe, 

I will have fome boot of three," 

That were again ft reafon, fayd the king, • 85- 

I fweare fo mo^e I thee : 
^Jy horfe is better than thy mare. 

And that thou well mayft fee. 

** Yea, fir, but Brocke is gentle and niild. 

And foftly fhe will fare : 9* 

Thy horfe is unruly e and wild, I wifs ; 
Aye Ikipping here and thearc*'* . . 

What boote wilt thou have, our king reply 'd? 
Now tell me in this ftound, 
Noe pence, nor half-pence, by my faye, 9J 
But a noble in gold fo round." 



<* Here's twentye groates of white moneye 

Sith thou will have it of mee.** 
I would have fworne now, quoth the tanner. 

Thou hadft not had one pennie. I09 

Bat iince we two have made a change, 

A change we muft abide. 
Although thou haft gotten Brocke my mare. 

Thou getteft not my cowe hide. 

Iwill 



.' AiJfj B A t^t AD S. 8r 

1 will fiot have it, fayd the kyngc, 105 

I fweare, fo mote I thtt ; ' 
Thy fotife cbwe-hide I wioldfe not beare, 

If thou woldft give it to m'ee. 

' The tanner hee tooke his good cowe hide, 

« 

That of the cow was hilt, 1 10 

And'tlirewe it upoii the king's fadelle, 
That* Wis foe fayrelye gilte. " 

" Now hielp me up, tRbu fine felldwc, 1 

'Tis time that I were gone : 
When i con^ehome to Gyllian, my wife, 115 

Sheel fay I am a gentilmon." 

< 

The king he tooke him up by the legge ; 

The tanner a F • * lett fall. 
Nbwe marrye, gdod fellowe, fayd the king. 

Thy courtefye Is but (mail. I zo 

When the tanner he was in the kinges fadelle. 

And his foote in the ilirrup was : 
He marvelled greatly e in his minde, 

Whetlier it were golde or brafs. 

But When his flecde faw the cows taile wagge, 129 

And eke the blacke cowe-horne : 
He ftampt, and ftared, and awaye he ranne. 
As the devill had him borne. 
Vol. II. G The 



S2 ANCIENT SONGS 

The tanner he p^Ud» the tanner he fwcutp 

And held by the pammil fall : 1 30 

At length the unner came tnmbling downe { 
Hifr necke he had weU-nye braft. 

Take thy horfe again with a vengeancCy he fayd» 

With mce he (hall not bydc. 
" My horfe wolde have borne thee well enoaghe. 1 35 

But he knewc not of thy cowc hide. 

Yet if againe thou feinc woldft change. 

As change full well may wee. 
By the faith of my bodye, thou jolly tanner, 

I will have fome boote of thee.'' HO 

« 

What boote wilt thou have» the tanner replydp 

Nowe tell me in this ftounde ? 
«« Noe pence nor halfpence, fir, by my faye. 

But J will have twentye pound**' 

•* Here's twentye groates out of my porfc j Hi 

And twentye I have of thine : 
And I have one more, which we will fpcnd 

Together at the wine/* 

The king fet a bugle home to his mottthe^ 

And blewe both loude and (hrille : ip 

And foone came lords, and fooae came knights, 
Fafi ryding over the hille. 



A N D B A L L A D S. rj 

Ntiiwe, ottt a]«3 ! the tanner he ciyde, 

That'cver I fawc this dayc I 
Thou art a ftrong thicfe, yon come thy fellowes 155 

Will beare my cowe-hide away. 

They art tio thieves, the king replydd, 

I fweare, foe mote I thee : 
4 at they' are the lords of the north coUntrcy, 

Here come to hunt with mee. 160 

And foone Viefore oor king they came* 

And knelt downe on die grounde : 
Then might the tanner have beene awaye« 

He had lever than twentye pounde. 

A coller, acoller*, here: fayd the king, 1^5 

A coller he load did crye : 
Then woulde he lever then twentye pound. 

He had not beene fo nighe. 

A collor, a coller, the tanner, he fayd^ 

I trowe it will breed forrowe ; 170 

After a coller comes a halter; 
And I Ihall be hanged to-morrowe. 

G a . ♦< Awajw 



* A eoUar iwis ancifnify tfid in the cefpf^ </. conferring 
img;btlmd* 



8* ANCIENT SONGS 



J 



" Awaye with thy feare, thou jolly tanner. 
For the fport thou haft ihewn to me, 

I wote noe halter thou ihalt weare, . 175 

But thou (halt have a knight's fee. 

For Plumpton-parke I will give thee. 

With tenements faire bcfide : 
'Tis worth three hundred markes by the yeare. 

To maintain^ thy good cowe-hide." 180 

Qramercye, my liege, the tanner replyde. 

For the favour, which thou haft fhowne ; 

If ever thou comeft to merry Tamwbrth, 

Keates leather fliall clout thy ihoen. 

# « 



XV. 
AS YE CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND. 

DiALOGUB BETWEEK A PiLGRIM AND TraVEILER. 

Tbefcene of this/ong is thtfame^ as in num, XIIL fht 
fllgrimcge to Waljingham fuggefled the plan of many popu- 
lar pieces, hi the repys collect on ^ Vol. I. p, 226, is a kini 
i tf Iniefiude in the old ballad ftyle^ of *which the frft Jlanxa 
^lone is 'worth reprinting^ 

As I went to Walfingham, • 

To the (hrine with fpeede. 
Met I with a jolly palmer 
In a pilgritnes weede» 
% Now 



AND BALLADS. 85 

Now God 70a fave, you jolly palmer ! 

«• Welcomct lady gay, 
«* Oft have I fucd to thee for love,'* 
«^Oft have I faid you nay. 
fhe pilgrimages undertakin on fretena of nligioHf ^uere 
often produSi've of affairs of gallantry^ and led the notaries 
to no other Jbrine than that of Venus. 

7'ife follotving ballad tvas once *very popular ; /'/ // quoted 
in Fletcher^ s " Knt, of the burning peftle^^^ A&, 2, fc. ult. 
amd^ in another old play ^ called^ *^ Hans Beer ^pot^ bisin^ 
'uifibli Comedy fefc." 4/(7, 1618 ; Jd L — The copy below 
nvas comnmnicated to the Editor by the late Mr. Shenfione 
from an ancient MS^ tvhich being imperfeS nvas fuppliedby 
him tvith a concluding ftanxa* 

We have placed this^ and Gentle Herdsman licn 
thus early in the 'volume^ upon a pre/umption that they muft 
have been nuritten^ if not before the dfffhlution of the mo- 
naferieSf yet njuhile the remembrance of them *was frejh in 
the minds of the people. 

AS ye came from the holy land 
Of * blefled' Walfingham, 
O met you not with my true love 
As by the way ye came ? 

« How (hould I know your true love, e 

«* That have met many a one, 
*< As I came from the holy land^ 

** That have both come, and gone ?'* 

My love is neither white *, nor browne. 

But as the heavens faire ; 10 

. There is none hath her form divine, 
JEithcr in earth, or ayre. 

G 3 *• Sue 



56 ANCIEHT SONGS 

" Such an one did l meet, good fir, 

•* With an angelicke face ? • 
*' Who like a nymphe, a ^neene appejurd ij 

« Both m her gait, Jier grace.'* 

Ves : (he hath cleane fbrfaken me. 

And left me all alone ; 
Who fome time loved me as her life, 

And called me her owne. %o 

» 
** What is the caufc ihe leaves thee thus, 

" And a new way doth take, 
'< That fome time loved thee as her Ufe^ 

<^ And thee her joy did make } '* 

J that loved her all my youtbt %\ 

Growe old now as you fee ; 
Love liketh not the falling feiite. 

Nor yet the withered tree. 

For love is like a carelefie childe. 

Forgetting promife pall ; }0 

TAt is blind, or deaf, lyhenere he lift \ 

His faith is never faft, 

(lis ^ fond ' dcfire is fickle found. 

And yieldes a truftlefse joye : 
Wonne with a world of toil and care, 5i 

' And loft €v'n with a toye^ 



AKD BALLADS. 87 

Sock is the bve of womanUnde^ 

Or Loves faire name abofde, 
Beneathe which inanjr vaine defiies. 

And ibllyes are excoide. 40 

* Bnt tme love is a laftiiig fire, 

« Which viewiefs veftals * tend, 
< That bomes for ever in the fonle, 

* And knowes nor change, nor end.' 



* fimjt^k 



XVI. 

HARDYKNUTE. 

A Scottish Fraoment/ 

ds thisfne morfel of heroic poetry hath generally paftfir am" 
eientf it is here thro<wn to the end of our eatUefi pieces ; 
thatfuch as doubt of its age may the better compare it ivith 
other pieces of genuine antiquity. For after all^ there is 
more than reajen to fufpeS^ that mofi of its beauties are of 
modern date ; and that thefe at ieafi ftf not its nvhole exif- 
tencefha'uefiowedfrom the pen of a fady^ nvithin this pre^ 
fitU eentufy^ The following particulan may be depended on. 

G 4 Om 



99 A.N C I B N T -S Q N G S 

One Mrs. Wardlanp, 'wbofi maiJen ngme^ tvas Hulkitfaunt 
ef the late fir Peter Halket of Pit-ferran in Scotland, 
wuho ivas ailed in America alon^ 'with general Bradock in 
IJSSJ pretended Jhe had found this poem 9 ^written dnjhreds 
if paper ^ employed for lubat is called the bottoms of cluei. 
Afufpicion arofe that it 'was her O'wn compofition. Some 
able judges afferted it he modern. ' The lady did in a manner 
acknonmedge it to befo. Being defer ed to Jhcw an additional 
Jlanza^ as a proof of\ this^ Jhe produced the three Ibfi begin- 
ning fwith " Loud fwd fchrill, ^f." 'iphich fwe^e 'not in 
the copy thaf 'was firft printed. The late Lord JPrefident 
Forlesy and Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto (now Lord Jujlice 
Clerk for Scotland) 'who had believed it ancient ^ contributed 
to the expence of publijhing the firft Edition^ fwhich came out 
in folio about the year 1 7 20. — This account is tranfmitted 
from Scotland by a gentleman of difiinguijhed rank, learn' 
ing and genius y fwhoyet is of opinion ^ that part of the ballad 
may be ancient ; but retouched and much enlarged by the lady 
abo*vement toned. Indeed he hath been informed^ that the late 
William Thompfon, the Scottifi? mufician^ «who publijhed the 
Orpheus Calidonius, 1733, 2 'uols. 81;^, declaredbc 
bad heard fragments of it repeated during bis infancy : before 
e*ver> Mrs. Wardlatw^s copy 'was heard of. 

OTately ftept he eaft the wa, 
^ And (lately ftept he weft. 
Full feventy zeirs he now had fene, 

With fkerfs fcvin zeirs of reft. 
He livit quhep Britons breach of faith $ 

Wroucht Scotland meikle wae : 
And ay his fword tauld to their coft. 

He was their deidly fae. 



Hie 



AND B A L L A DS. 89 

]rf ie on a hill his callle ftude. 

With halls and touris a hicht, le 

And guidly chambers fair to fe, 

Qnhair he lodgit mony a knicht. 
His dame fae peirlefs anes and fair. 

For chaft and bewtie deimt, 
Nae marrow had in M the land; 15 

Saif Elenor the qaene. 

Full thirtein Ibns to him fcho bare. 

All men of valour ftout ; 
In bluidy ficht with fword in hand 

Nyne loft their lives hot doubt ; $• 

pojir zit Temain, lang may Aey live 

To Hand by liege and land : 
Hie was their fame, hie was their micht. 

And hie was their command. 

Great luve they bare to Fairly fair, ?5 

Their fitter faft and deir. 
Her girdle fliawd her midle gimp. 

And gowden glift her hair, 
Quhat waefou wae her bewtie bred i 

V{?efoM to zung and auld, 30 

Waefou I trow to kyth and kin, 

As ftory ev^r tauld. 



The 



1 



t . 



90 ANCIINT SON<JS 

The king.of Norfehi fnmmer tyds^ 

Puft op with powir and michti. 
Landed in fair Scotland the yle,^ 35 

With mony a hardy knicht. 
The tyding9 to our gade Scots king 

Came, as he fat at dyne. 
With noble chiefs in brai£ aray» 

Drinking the blade<«reld wylie* 4t 

*« To horfe, to hoffis» my ryal Uege^ 

Zours faes Hand on the flrand. 
Full twenty thoniand glittering fpeara 

The king of Norfe commands." 
Bring me my Seed, Mage dapple gray» 45 

Our gude king raiie and cryd» 
A truftier beaft in all the land 

A Scots king nevir feyd. 

Go little page^ tell Hardyknste, 

That lives on hill fo hie» 53 

To draw his fword> the dreid of files,, 

And hade and follow me* 
The little page flew fwift as dart 

Flung by his mailers arm, 
^< Cum down, cum down, lord Hardy knute, 55 

And rid zour king frae harm.? 

Then 



Thtn reid reid grow hh dark-browa chcikt, 

Sac did his dark-hrowa brow ; 
His loiks grew kenc, as they weie WQnt, 

In dangers great to do ; 6». 

He hes taneahom as grene as gl^fi ^ 

And gien five founds iae flmll, 
Thut creis in grene wod fchuke thereat, 

Sar loud ra^g ilka hilL 

His fons in manly (port and glie^ 6f 

Had paft that fummers mom, 
Qahen low down in a grafTy dale. 

They heard their fatheris horn. 
That horn, qnod they, neir founds in peace, 

We haif other (port to byde. yo 

And fune they heyd them up the hill. 

And fune were at his fyde. 

'< Late late the zeflrene I weind in peace 

To end my lengthned life. 
My age micht weil excnfe my arm 75 

Frae manly feats of ibyfe ; 
Bat now that Norfe dois proudly boaft 

Fair Scotland to inthrall. 
Its neir be faid of Hardyknute, 

He feard to £cht or f^ll 9is 



4( 



Robin 



92 ANCIENT SONGS 

" Robin of Rothfay, bend thy bow, 

Tby arrows fchate fae letl» 
Mony a comely countenance 

They haif turnd to deidly pale, 
Brade Thomas tak ze bat zour lance, {5 

Ze neid nae weapons mair, 
Gif ze ficht weit as ze did anes 

Gainft Weftmorlands ferfs heir,. 

«* Malcom, licht of fute as flag 

That runs in foreft wyld, 9t 

Get me my thoufands thrle of men 

Well bred to fword and fchield : 
Bring me my horfe and harnifine 

My blade of mettal cleir. 
If faes kend but the hand it bare, 95 

They fune had fled for feir. 

** Fareweil my dame fae peirlefs gude, 

(And tuke hir by the hand,) 
Fairer to me in age zou feim, 

Than maids for bewtie famd : lo* 

My zouiigefl foh fall here remain 

To guard thefe (lately towirs. 
And iliut the filver bolt that keips, 

Sae faft zour painted bowirs.'* 



Anl 



A N D B A L L A O S« 9I 

• • • 

And firft fcho wet her comely dieiks, 105 

And then her boddice grene, 
Hir filken cords of twirtle twift, 

Weil plett with filver fchene ; 
jAnd apron fet with mony a dice 

Of neidle-wark fae rare» ji# 

Wove by nae hand, as ze may guefi, 

Saif that of Fairly fair. 

And he has ridden owre muir and mofs, 

Owre hills and mony a glen, . 
Quhen he came to a wounded knicht 115 

Making a heavy mane ; 
*< Here maun I lye, here maun I dye, 

By treacheries falfe gyles ; 
Witlefs I was that eir gaif faith 

To wicked womans fmyles." j to 

** Sir knicht, gin zc were in my bowir. 

To lean on iilken feat. 
My ladyis kyndlie care zoud prove, 

Quha neir kend deidly hate : 
Hir felf wald watch ze all the day, J 25 

Hir maids a deid of nicht ; 
And Fairly fair zour heart wald chclr. 

As fcho Hands la zgur ri(;ht. 



i< 



Aryfe 



^ ANCIENT SbNGS 

** Aryie young knichty and mount zour ieidg 

Full lowns the ihynand day : l^ 

Cheis frae my menzie quhom ze pleis 

To leid zc on the way." 
With fmylefs luke, and vifage wan 

The wounded knicht replyd, 
« Kynd chlftain, zour intent purfuCj .135 

For heir I maun abyde. 

To me nae after day nor nicht. 

Can eir be fweit or fair. 
But fune Beneath fum draping tree, 

Cauld death fall end my care." t^o 

With him nae pleiding micht prevail ; 

Brave Hardyknute in to gain. 
With faireft words and reafbn ftrong, 

Strave courteoufly in vain. 

Syne he has gane &r hynd attowre l^c 

I^ord Chattans land fae wyde ; 
That lord a worthy wicht was ay, 

Quhen faes his courage feyd : 
Of Fi^ih race by mothers fyde» 

Quhen Pif^s ruld Caledon, 150 

Lord Chattan claimd the princely maid, 

Quhen he faift Pi^iih crowi). 



ANDBALLADS. 9$ 

Mow with his fexfs and ftalwttt train. 

He reicht a ryfing heichc, 
CZohair braid eii4;ampit on die dale, 15^ 

Norfs menzie lay in ficht. 
«« Zonder my valiant ions and lerfs» 

Our raging' revers wait 
Oa the unconqverit Scotti(h fwaird 

To try with us their htt. ifo 

Mak oriibns to him Asit faift 

Oar faula upon the rade ; 
Syne braifly fchkw zour veins ar fiild 

With Caledonian blude.** 
Then forth he drew his trufty glaive, 165 

Qtthyle thoufands all around 
I^rawn frae their iheaths glanil in the fim. 

And loud the bougiU« &ttnd* 

7o join his king adonn the 1^1 

In haft his merch he made, ly^ 

Quhyle, playand pibrocht, minftralls meit 

Afore him ftatly ftrade. 
^* Thryfe welcum valziant ftoup of weir. 

Thy nations fcheild and pryde ; 
Thy king nae reafon has to feir 1 75 

Q^jx thott art be his iydle^^ 

Q$hei| 



96 ANCIENT SON<5S 

Qahen bows were bent ati diurts were thrawn. 

For thrang fcar^e could they ffie» 
The darts clove. arit>ws as they me^ . 

The arrows dart the trie« iSe 

Lang did they rag« and fioht full fer/s^ 

With little (kaith to man> 
Bat bkdy blady y/^s the; field. 

Or that lang day .was done. 

r 

The king of Scots, that findle bruikd 185 

The war that luikt lyke play. 
Drew his briiid fword^ and brake hi^ bow. 

Sen bows feimt l>at delay. 
: Qaoth noble Rothfay, " Myne i*ll keip^ 

I wate its bl^ifi a ikore." i^^ 

Haft up my merry men, cryd the king. 

As he rade on before, 



»s 



The king of Norfe be focbt to find. 

With him to menfe the faucht, 
But.on his forehead there did licht 

A iharp unfonfie fhaft ; 
As he his hand put up to find 

The wound, an arrow kene, 
O waefou chance ! there pinnd his hand 

In midft becwene Kis ene. 209 

** Revenge, 



<* Revenge, reftngjjj, cryd KoUifiiys helr^ 

Your mdil-,coat fUl nocht b^tde 
The fiifnjgUi and fharpnefs of my dare :** 

Then fent it thruch his iyde* . 
Another arrqw well lie markd, . . 105 

It perfit his neck in twa^ 
His hspAf. then qoat the £1 Ver nAnh ' 

He law as eard did.£L . . 

«< Saii^Udilsin^li^e^iul'^.falr Ufl^Ueids V* 

Again with micht he drew. . . 210 

And gefti)i»;dreid bis kiMy bow» ' • ' 

Faft the braid avowlflew.j 
Wae to the knic^'t he ettted at, ' V 

Lament now ^o^e Etgreid^- ; 
Hie dan)e» to' wail aonr darliiigs fall^ : 215 

His zouth and comely meid. 

«< Take kff, takeaff .Ms coftlyjiipe' 

(Of goldcWeil was it twynd. 
Knit lyke^tke fowler&net.thronch quhilk 

His fteilfy hanitfs fhynd) - 220 

Take, Norft^, that gift fiae me, and bid 

Him yenge t^e blade it beirs ; 
Say* if he face my bended bow. 

He fare nae weapon feirs/' 

Voi- II. H Prottd 



^8 ANCIENTS O M O S 

Proad Ndrfe wxtii g^ant^body ttH, 22| 

Braid fhoulder and anns ftiMigy 
Cryd, *f Qsliair is Hardyknvttefa^ £mdf 

And feird at Bntains thfoiie : 
Thah Britons tremble at bis name^ 

I fune fall make him wail, 230 

That eir my fwmd was made fie iktrfp 

Sae faft his coat of mail.*' 

That bng Ms iloutliekst todd lut bffc. 

It lent lum zoudifois midit : 
« I'm Hardykii«le l!ktt day* he xsjdp 235 

To Scotlands king Ihcoht^ ; 
To lay thee law, as lidrfes bufe. 

My word I mean to kcip*** 
- Syne with the firftftrdce eir he .fiiake. 

He garrd his body UeiiL 24^ 

Norfe ene lykie gncy gofebawke ftsSrd w^ld^ 

He ficht with fhaineandfpyte; 
c« Di%racM is now my isa4mA itan 

That left thee power to liy fee :* 
Then giaif his head a blawfae felly - 245 

It made him dotin to fboiipy 
A3 law as he to ladies n£t 

In courtly gyfe to lout* 



Fill 



. AHD BALLADS. ao 

I^qU fune he raisd his bent bod/^ 

His bow he marvelld fair, 15 • 

Sen blaws till then on him* but darrd 

As touch of Fairly fair : 
Norfe ferliettop ajs fair as he 

To fe his fta^ely luke, 
Sae fane as eir he Arake a fae, 255 

Sae fune his lyfe he take. 

Quhair ly)ce a fyre to h.cther fet> 

Bauld Thomas dj4 ftdvancet 
A ftardy fM with luke enrag'd 

Up towardis him did prance ; a6o 

He fpurd Jus fteid throw thickeft ranks 

The hardy zouth to quell* 
Quha ftttde unmi^fit at his approach 

His furie to repeU. 

«< That fchort brown fhaft fae meanly trimd» zt$ 

Lukis lyke poor Scotlands geir. 
But dreidfiiU feims the xufty poynt !'* 

And loud he leuch in jeir< 
** Aft Britons blude has dimd its (hyne ; 

This poynt cut fhort their vaunt :'' 179 

Syne piercd the Jboiiieris b^irded cheik, 

Nae tymc h^ tuke to taunt, 

H z Sshott 



I: 



# • 



%> « 



*ioo AN ri E N T S O >f G S 

Schort quhyleTic in his fadlll Twai^g, 

His ftitrup.was nae Aa/y 
Sae feible hang his unbent knee sj; 

Sure taken he was fey : 
Swith on the hardened clay he fell, 

Richt far was heard the thud ; 
Bat Thomas luikt not as he lay ' 

All waltering in his blade, * t^ 

With curies gedure, mynd unmuvity 

On raid he north the plain ; 
His feim in thrang of fierceft ftryfc, 

Quhen Winner ay the fame ; 
Nor zit his heart dames dimpelit cheik, 285 

Coud meife faft lave to bruik. 
Till veng'eful Ann retumd his fcornt 
^ Then languid grew his lake. 

In thrawis of death, with wallowit cheik 

All panting on the plain, 29* 

The faintiiig corps of warriours lay, 

^ Neir to aryfe again ; 

Neir to return to native land, 
Nae mair with blythfom founds 

Ta boift the glories of the day, 295 

And fchaw thair fhyning wounds. 



On 



A N O B A Ia If A I) & xoii 

On NonvAys coaft the wido^tt dame , > 

May waih the-rpcks witk tesrs^ 
May lang Ivike q^re the fclMples fc^s 

Befoir hir mate appears,. oo 

Ceife, Emoii* cqjK'e ^o hope in vain ; 

Thy lord lyis iij' the day ;. 
The viifauant'Scofs nae revers thole 

To carry lyfe away, , ^ 

There on alley qah^ ftands a crof^ . . 305 

Set up for monumenty. 
Thoufandff fntt fierce that fom^ers day 

Filld kene waris black intent* ■ 
Let ScotSy qul^yle Scots, pruie Hardyknute, 

Let Norfe the .name ay dxeid^ 310 

Ay how hefau^ht, aft haw he (paird» 

Sal lateft ages reid. , 

Loud and cEill t>lew the weftlln Wincfr 

Sair beat the heavy fhowir. 
Mirk grew the nicht eir Hardy knate 313^ 

Wan neir his (lately towir. 
His towiF that a(3 with torches bleife 

To ihyne fae iar at nicht, 
Seimd now as black as mourning weid,. 

Nae marvel fair he iichd. 320 

H 3 « Thairs 



*ci AN'€#^l4 t S OK OS 



^« Thairs itae Ikitift fliy hd(y**o\l»fr/ 

Thairs jaae fiHii th xdy hilt'; ' ' 
Nae blink 'ftymehLmaiw! toy FaWf Ajr^ ' 

Nor ward (lands on »y W<|ll, »' i ■ ; 
«« Quhat bbdc« it ? Robert; T>a«My6fi*^ $«S 

Nae anfwer fitsF their 'dreid'. ' . " ^' ^ 
** Stand'baalt, 'my fbns, I'll htwaitJM ^* • 

But by tliey paft wi^h Ipdd. .• 'S- 



. . .. X 



*« As faft I haif-rpW ownp SfcdtlifttfS flft*^*'-^' 

There ceift his br^^g of weir, jjp 

Sair fchamit to ihyrtd^ht but his d^me^ 

And maiden ^My fair. 
Black fcir ht felt, btot qohat to (At 

He wift not «it witli dreid J ^ - 
Sair fchuke his body, fair his Itmbi> -535 

And all thp warrior fled. 



TH? ENP OF THP FIRST BOOK, 



SONGS AND BALLADS, 



SERIES THi SECOND. 
BOOK H. 



ABALLAD OF LUTHER, THE POPE, A 
CARDINAL, AND A HUSBANDMAN. 

In thf f«rmtT Bent •lOt hrctt][ht down this fitand Striic 
jf fatal), as lev/ at a6»ut the middle ef thiJixUtnth cen- 
tifj. We naiafind the Mu/et deeply engaged in religiam 
tatltravtrfy. The fuddtn rfvelulisn, •wrought in the opi- 
niaMi ofmaniindhy the Reformatian, i, ene ef thi moft 
firxking events in the hijiery ef the Buman mind. U eeuld 
U 4 net 



1 



J04 ANCIENrsONGS 

ftot hut tMgrqfi fte atte/ttioa of gv£ty inditfUiual in thai agt^ 
find therefore no ether tAjritin^s wjeuU have aty chance to be 
readf but, /ufh as related to this grand topic* The altera- 
tions made in the efiahlijffed reUgion by Hmtry FIII9 thefud- 
den changes it undnfufent in thf three fuCaeding reigns fwifb" 
infp:/kprt ft /pace autleven^r tns^ehoe^years^^ and the violent 
firkggles hetivm Expiring Potery^ and growing Protefian* 
tifm^ cotdd ndt^but i^nterefi ftll mankind^ Accordingly e^erj 
pen ivas engaged id the difpute* Tbefollo'wors of the OU 
ahd Ne-w PrefeJJwut (^ it *was called) f had tkeir refpeSiv^ 
Ballad-makers c and every day produced fime poptdarfonmt 
for J or againft' the R^ormatiM, The^ollovjingballady and 
' that itititled LIT TLB JOH^ ^o^ODT, may j^rve for /pi' 
cimens of the vfritings of each party* Both vjere ^written 
in th$ reign of Edvjard VI ; and are not the vjorft tbat 
*were compofed upon fhe ofcafipn*^ Qtntr^verjtal divinity it 
no friend to poetic flights , Tet this ballad of «* Luther and 
the PopCf" is not altpgefker devoid of fpirit^ if is of the 
dramg^ii (Jndt. and the cbaraQcrs ar$ toUrib^ njjfiljujlmfy- 
fid ; efpecially that of Luthtr, vihich is ff^etde to fpeak in a 
matifier not unbecoming thefpirit and courage of that vigof-^ 
pus Reformer. It is printed from the original black-letter 
copy (in the Pepys colle^on^ fuoUJ.foUo^) to v^ich is pre-t 
fixed a large vjooden cutj de/igned and executed by fome emi' 
nent mafter. This is copied in miniaivre in the fmctll Engra*v» 
fng inferted above. 

We are not to vjonder that the Sallad'-tvriters of that 
age pjould be infpired v)ith the %eal of controverfy^ when 
the very Jfage teemed, fivith polemic divinity", I h'aife poiw 
before me two vfry apfient quarto black-Utfer plays,: the 
pnepublijhedinthe time of Henry Flllyihtiiled, ^Ebierp M^^\ 
the other y called %vl^i^ %vto%XiXV4 , printed in the r^ign of Ed- 
vjardVI, In the former of thcfe^ occafion is taken fo in- 
culcate great reverente for pld mother church and her Jupcf' 
flit ions : in the other y the poet (one R, WbverJ nvifh great 
'fuccefs attacks both. So that the Stage in thofe days literally 
^asg fwhat vjifemen have al-ways vjifljedity^-^afupplement 

t^ 



• A KI) B A LL AD S. 10$ 

to the Pulpit :'^This 'was/i mu^h the cfffe, that in thepUy 
of Lufy Jwuentus^ chapter and'verfe are every njubere quoted 
asformalljf as in aforwalni take an inftdnee^ 

** The tiOrd by his prophet Ezechiel/oj^eth in this njdfe 

playnlye, 
** As in the xxxiif cheater it doth appere : 
** Be con^ertedf O yeMldren^HcJ^ 

from thispiay nve leam^ that m'yfi of the young' people fwert 
New Go/pellers, or friends ta the Reformation ; and that 
the old <were tenacious of the do^ines imbibed in their youth .* 
for thus the Devil is introduced lamenting the do-wnfal of 
fuperfiition^ 

- . ** The olde people <would belie^ve ftil in my lanves^ 
'* But the yonger fort leade them a contrary nuay^ 
** They 'wyl not beleve^ they play nly fay ^ 
** In olde traditions f and made by men ^ ^c** 

And in another plfice Hypocrify urges ^ 

'* The lAJorlde 'was never meri 

'* Since chyldren vuerefo boulde : 

« Novs every boy nvtl be a teacher^ 

*' The father afoole^ the chyld a preacher J** 

Of the plays abovementionedf to the fir Jl is fubjoined the fol^ 
losing Printer's Colophon^ % (Cliu.^ enfcetlJ tijirf ntorall plape 
Qf ^tier^ Hl^an. % Smprionteti at Mention in ^otoie^ cti^ccir 
parte ftp me SJoJjn .^liot. Hh* ^^ ^^' G^f'^i^k^s coUe^ion 
is an imperfe^ copy of the fame play^ printed by Wynkyn 
de PTorde, 

The other is intitledy %}\ entetluie caHeb ttuftp Sln^entujl : 
ond is thus diftinguijhed at the end : fl^'\x{\i^ qwoii Kl. Il^ebcr. 
5'tnpTmteb at Honiion in ^auUij cliutcSie pearb, ib? ^ibral^Am 
J^eTe at tUc fijjne of tfte llamBe, Of this too Mr, Garrick 
has an imferfecl copy of a different edition* 

The 



io6 AN C I S N T SONGS 



Thc H«f»BAiri>MAir* 

LE T as lyft op our hiutst dl» 
And prayfe the lordes magnificence^ 
Which hath geven the wolaes a fall. 
And is become oar ftrong defence : • 
For they thorowe a fklfe pretens $ 

From Chriftes blonde dyd all us leade, 
Gettynge from every man his peace» 
As fatisfadlonrs for the deade. 

For what we with oar fla yles conlde get 
To kepe our houfe, and fervanntesy i* 

That did the freers from us fet. 
And with our ibules played the marchauntes ; 
And thus they with theyr faUe warantes 

Of our fweate have eafelye lyved. 
That for fatneiTe theyr belyes pantes, IJ 

So greatlye have they us deceaoed. 

They fpared hot the fatherlefie. 
The carefull, nor the pore wydowe; 

They wolde have fomewhat more or leffir, 
If it above the ground did growe : ^ 

$ut now we hufbandmen do knowe 

Al their fubteltye, and their falfe cafle; 
For thc lorde hath them overthrow© 

With his fwete word now at the lafte* 



'^ 



J)OCTOR 



A N D BALLADS. 107: 

Doctor JMakti».|;vthbii. 

TJitt ftptidmftt mtktky tlmxrowasa, 25 
Haft afurped kynges jpow«rst 

A« liMbtg f9mer ov«f i^alxnes aad towno. 
Whom thoa ooghtcft to lerve all lioui^ : 
Thou thinkcft-by thy jagglyng colours 

Thou maift lykewife Gods word opprefic; 30 
As do the deceitful foulers, 

Whaar tfaty ij^r Hcttca ciaftdye dreflr. 

Thou fluttered every ^r»ce, a«d lord* 
Thretenipg fXMte men with fwearde and fyre } 

All thofe, that do followe Gods worde, 35 

To make them dove to thy defirci 
Theyr boket thou bumeft in Aamiiig fire ; 

Curfing with boke» bdl, and candeU, 
Such as to reade them hav« defyre,^ 

Or with them are wyUynge to meddell. 40 

Thy falfii power w^ I bryug down, 
Thou (halt not raygne many a yere» 

I (hall dryre the from citye and towne. 
Even with this pen that thon feyfle here : 
Thou fyghtcft with fwerd, Ihyldc, and fpearc, 45 

But I wyll fygKc with Gods worde ; 
Which is now h open and cleare, 

That it ihall brynge the under the borde. 

Thi 



ia8 AN C lENT SONGS 

The: Pop*. 

Though I broi^ht never fo inatiy to hit. 
And to utter dampnacion, 5t 

Throoghe myne enfample, and confd^ 
Or thorow any abhoimnaciony 
Yet doth our lawe excufe my faihioii. > 

And thoa, Luther, artejiccuried,. 
For blamynge me, and my condicion 5; 

The holy ^res have the coudempncd. 

ThoQ firyrtft againit my purgatory, 
Becauie thou findeftitnotinfcriptoref 
, As though I by myne dadorite 

Mygh t not make one for mynehononxe. ^ 

Knoweft thou not, that I have power 

To make, and mar, in heaven and hell» 
In erth, and every creature ; 

Whatfoever I do it muft he welK 

As for fcripture, I am above it ;, H 

Am not I Gods hye vicare ? 

Shulde I be bounde tofoloweit,. 
As the carpenter his ruler ? 
Nay, nay, heretickes ye arc. 

That will not obey my auftoritie.. 'P 

With this swoapE I wyll declare^. 

I'hat ye (hal al accufed be. 



Thb 



AN D B A LL A D S. top 

Thi Cardinal. 

{ am a cardinall of Rome, 
Sent from Chriftes hye vicary. 

To graunt pardon to more, and fttme» 75 

Tliat wil Lather refift ftrongly : 
He 13 a greate hereticke treuly. 

And regardeth to mttch the fcrlptore ; 
For he thinketh onely thereby 

To fiibdae the popes high honoure. 80 

Receive ye this pah don devoutely. 
And loke that ye agaynft him fight ; 

Plucke up yoore herts, and be manlye. 
For the pope fayth ye do but ryght : 
And this be fure, that at one flyghtey S5 

Allthongh ye be overcome by chaunce. 
Ye ihall to heaven go with greate myghte ; 

God can make you no refiflaunce. 

Bttt thefe heretikes for thieyr medlynge 
Shall go down to hel every one ; J^ 

For they have not the popes bleiTynge, 
Nor regarde his iioly parddn : 
They thinke from all deftru6tion. 

By Chriftes bloud, to be faved, 
Fearynge not our excommunicacion, 95 

Therefore (hall they al be dampned. 

II. JOHN 



il« ANCIENT SONGS 



ir. 

JOHN ANDERSON Wy JO. 
A Scottish S^ho. 

fThile in England Verft <wat madi tit vehicle of mtf- 
^^fyy (ind Popery tvas attacked in it iy logical argument, 
•r Jiinging fatire \ toe m^ ^e fyrt Hft Ktm ef the Scottip 
Reformers luould not fujfer their pens to be idle, hut man; 
a pafquil 'was difcharged at the Romifh priefts, and their 
enormous encroachments on property. Of this Aind perhaps is 
the follonuing^ (prefer^teed in an emcimt $ii, dlkSiontf 
Scottijh poems in the Fepyfieae lihrury :) 

' Tak a Wobfter, that is IcHl, 
And a Miller, that will not fteill. 
With ane Prieft, that is not gredy. 
And lay ane deid-4:orpre thame by^ 
And, throw virtue of thame three. 
That deid corpfe fall qwyknit be. 

Thus far ail <was fair: hut their furious hatred »f popery 
led them to employ their rhymes in ajiill more licentious man' 
ner. It is a rccei'ved tradition in Scotland, that at thi 
time of the Reformation, ridiculous and baudy fongs nnert 
compofed by the rabble to the tunes of the mofi fanmuriit 
hymns in the Latin fer*vice, Greene (leeves and pudding 
pies (deigned to ridicule the popijh clergy) is f aid to have 

httn 



AKD BALLA D S. m 

leem om ef theft mitamorphofidhymm : Maggy Lauder nvaf 
mtotber: John Andtrfon my jo tvas a third, Thi original 
mufic of M thi/e bwrle/qut fonnets nvai 'very fait, Togi*ue a 
/pecimen of their manner y *we haive in/erted one of the Uafi 
offenfrve* The Reader nuill pardon the meannefs of the com- 
pofitionfor the fake of the anecdote^ which ftrongly marks 
theffirit of the times, 

The adaptation offilemn ehurch majk to thefe ludia-ous 
fieeest and ^he jumble of ideas ^ thereby occafiened^ 'will ac^ 
eount for the folkwingfaS. — From the Records of the Ge- 
nerd Ajgembly in ^ot&nd, calkd, •* The Book of the Uas^ 
nferfd Kirk,^* f. 90, '^th July^ 1568, // appears^ thai 
Thomas Betffendyne printer in Edinburgh^ printed « a pfahu 
hikf in the end ^whereof nuas found " print it asu baudj 
fangt ctdiedp ** fftlcme Fortunes ^ J* 

VfoUMH', 

Jo H N Anderlbn my jo, cnin in as ze gae bye. 
And zt fall get a (heips held wed baken in a pye ; 
Weel bakea ia a pye, and tke baggis in a pat : 
John Anderfbn my jo, cam in, 9aA ae's get thac 

Mah. 

And how dt)e zb, • Cttmiaer ? and hew doe z^ thrive ? 
Andbow mony Wrns hflie ^e ? Wom^ Cummer, I bae five. 
Man. Are they to aour awin gude man ? Wom. Na, 

CuAiinei*, aa ; 
Tor four of tbam were gotten, quban Wnllie was awa'. 



• -Sit alfi^iegrafb. BriUtn, W. /. /. 177. 



ULJLITTIE 



iia ANCIP NT S.OKC S 



LITTLE JOHN NOBODY, 

^ have here a wtty libel on the Reformation under iini 
Edward VJy ^written about the year'' 1 5 5 O, and pre/er*ved in 
the Pepys colle^ion, Britifi> Mufeum^ and Stfype*s Mem. tf 
Cranmer, The author artfully decline j entering into tie 
merit J of the caufey and ivholfy refle&s on the Uves andaSiom 
9f many of the Reformed, it isfo eafy to find flaws ani 
imferfe&ions in the conduB of men^ even the beft of tbem^ 
mndjiill eajier to make general exclamations about the profli- 
gacy of the prefent tim^s, that no great point is gained by 
arguments of that fortf unlefs the author could have proved 
that the principles of the Reformed Religion had a natural 
tendency to produce a corruption of manners : ^whereas he /«- 
direSly ovsnsj that their reverend father [arcbbijhtp 
Cranmer'] had done *what he could tofiem the torrent, ty 
giving the people accefs 40 thefcriptures, by teaching them to 
pray nvith underflanding^ by publijhing homilies^ and other 
religious tra£is. It muft hov/ever be acknonuledged^ that 
aur libeller had at that tima fttfficient room for jifi fatift' 
For under the banners of the Reformed haa inlifted them* 
f elves ^ many concealed papiftsy v)ho had private ends to gro' 
tify \ many that vuere of no religibn ; many gftedy courtiers, 
vjho thirjied after the poffejjions of the church ; ^^d mattf 
dijfolute perfons, Viho (ivanted to be exempt ffom all eccUfiap- 
cal ccnjures ; as theje men vuere loudeft of all others in that 
fries for Reformation, fo in effe£t none obfiru&ed the regular 
trcgrefs of it fo much, or by their vicious lives brought 
fvexafion azd J};ame more on the truly venerable and pieui 
R/form:rs^ 

. . . fjf 



AND BALLADS. 129 

The readet 'wiil remark the fondnafi of our Satirifi for 
filliteration .: in this he 'was guilty of no aff'edation or Jingu- 
larity ; his 'verfification is that of Pier ct Plon,vman*s Fifons, 
in which a recurrence of fimilar letters is effential : to this he 
has only fuferadd^d rhyme^ <i»hich in his time began to he the 
general pra^ice. See farther remarks on this kind of metre 
in the preface to Book hi. Ballad i. 

IN december, wh?n the dayes draw to be fhort. 
After november.ivhen the nights wax noyfome and long; 
As I paft by a place privily at a port, 
I faw one fit by himfelf making a fong ; 
His Jaft * talk of trifles, who told with his tongue 
That few were faft i'th' faith. I * freyned f* that freake* 
Whether he wanted wit, or feme had done him wrong. 
Hefaid, he was little John Nobody, thatdurft not fpeake. 

John Nobody, quoth I, whatnews ? thoufoon note and tell 
What maner men thou meane, that are fo mad. 
He faid, Thefe gay gallants, that wil conftrue the gofpel. 
As Solomon the fage, with femblance full fad; 
To difcufle divinity they nought ad read ; 
More meet it were for them to milk kye at a fleyke. 
Thou lyeft, quoth I, thou lofel, like a leud lad. 
He faid, he was little John Nobody, that diirft not fpeakc, 

Its meet for every man on this matter to talk. 
And the glorious gofpel ghoftly to have in mind ; 
It is fothe faid, that fc6l but much unfeemly ikalk, 
As boyes babble in books, that in fcripture are blind : 
Vol. II: I Yet 

• Ffrljaps He left talk, t feyiicd, MSS, and P, C. 



13© ANCIENT SONGS 

Yet to their fancy foon a caufe wil find j 
As to live in lull, in lechery to leyke : 
Such caitives count to be come of Cains kind ; 
But that I little John Nobody durft not fpeake. 

For our reverend father hath fet forth an order. 
Our fervice to be faidin our feignours tongue^ 
A» Solomon the fage fet forth the fcripture ; 
Our fuiFrag^s, and fervice, with many a fweet {bngi 
With homilies, and gpdly books us ^mong» 
That no flifF, ftubborn ftomacks we fliould freyke ; 
Jut wretches nere worfe to do poor meji wrong ; 
Put that I little John Nobody dare not fpeake, 

For bribery was never fo great, fince born was our Lord, 
^ndwhoredopi wjjis n^ver les hated, fithChrift harrowedhel, 
And poor men ar^ ft) fore puniihed commonly through 

tap world, 
That it wosld grieye ajiy pije, that good Is, to hear tel: 
lor al the honjilies and good books, yet their hearts be 

fo quel, 
That if a man djo amifle, with mifchiefe they wil him 

^reake ; 
The fafhion of thefc new fellows it is fo vile and fell ; 
But that I littje Johp Nobgdy dare noj fpeake. 

Thus to liv.c after j^heir lull, that life would they have, 
And in lechery to leyke al their long life ; 
for al the preaching of Paul, yet many a proud knave 
V/i} n^ov^ mifchiefe ifi their mind both to maid and wife 

To 



i 



A N D B A L L A D S. 131 

To bring them in advoutry, or clfe they wil ftrife. 
And in brawling about baudeiy, Gods commandments 

breake : 
But of thefc frantic 11 fellowes, few of them do thrife ; 
Though I little John Nobody dare not fpcake. 

If thou company with them^ they wil curriihly carp, and 

not care 
According to their foolifh fanta.cy^ but faft wil they 

naught : 
Prayer with them is but prating ; therefore they it forbear : 
Boph almes deedsi^ and holinefs, they hate it in their 

thought: 
Therefore pray we to that prince, that with his bloud us 

bough ty 
That he wil mend that is amifs : for many a manful frey ke 
h forry for thefe fefts, though they fay little or nought ; 
And that I little John Nobody dare not oucefpeak?. 

Thus in NO place, this No bod v, in no time I met> 
Where no man, *ne* jkought was, npr i^othino did 

appe^ ; 
Through the fpund of a fynagogue for forrow I fwett. 
That ' Aeolus -f * through the eccho did caufe mo to hear. 
Then I drew me down into a dale, wheras the dumb deer 
f Did fhiver for a Ihower j but I Ih anted frojn a freyke ; 
f jor J would no wight in this world will who I were, 
But little John Nobody, that dare not opce fpeake. 

I » IV.Q , 

• tjjcn, MSS. and P, G + Jid'culej, M$S, ^ P, C. • 



132 ANCIENT SONGS 



IV. 

<;ii, ELIZABETH'S VERSES, WHiLfi f RISONEI 

AT WOODSTOCK, 

Writ with charcoal o«c a shutt?r, 

^-^re pre/erved hy Hstitzner, in that part of his Traveh, 
nvhich has lately been reprinted in fo elegant a manner at 
SlRAJVBEttRY'HILL, Jn Hentzer^s book they 'were wretch- 
edly corrupted^ but are here gi<vtn as mended hy his ingenififf 
Editor. The old orthography y and one ort'wo ancient readings 
•f Hentxntr* s copy are here rejlored. 

OH, Fortune ! how thy reftleffc wavering ftate 
ftlth fraught with cares my trouble^ witt I 
Wjtnes this prefent prifonn, whither fate 

Could beare me, and the joys I quitt. 
Thou cauiedeft the guiltie to be lofed J 

From bandes, wherein are innocents inclosed : 
Caufing the gtiihles to be ftraite referved. 
And freeing tliofe that death had well defervci. 
But by her enviecan be nothing wroughte. 
So God fend to my foes all they have thoughte. 

A.D.M<D,LV* EltZABETHE, JPRISONKK^- 

V.FAIR 

• Ver. 4. €oiTld beare, is an undent idioms equivalent t9 
bid bear or Hath borne. See below ibe Beggar of Bedna! Qi^tt^i 
^^» $7' C:W»ld Taj* 



A H t> B A L L A D S, 133 



PAIR ROSANlOND. 

moji of the etrcurHftances in this popular ftory of king 
Htmry II and the beautiful Rqfamond ha've been taken for fad 
by our Englijh Hiforians j nvho unable to account for the un^ 
natural conduM of queen Eleanor in fiimulating her fins to 
rebellion^ ha'oe attributed it to jealoufyy and fuppofed that 
Henry's amour nvith Rofamond 'was the objeQ of that 
pafficn. 

Our old Englijh annalifts feeMj mofl ofthemy to ha*vefoU 
lowed Higden the monk of Cheftery luhpfi account 'with fame 
enlargements is thus gi'ven by Stotu, " Rofamond the fayre 
•* daughter of Walter ^ lord Clifford^ concubine to Henry II, 
** (poifoned by queen Elianor, as fome thought) dyed at 
" IFoodftocke [A, D, 1 177.] luhere king Henry had made 
** for her a hot^e of nuonderfull tvorking ; fo that no man 
*' or ivoman might come to her^ but he that 'was injlruded 
'* by the king^ orfuch as ^were right fecret 'with him touch ^ 
** ing the matter, This houfe after fome 'was named Labj" 
** rinthuSf or Dedalus fworke^ fwhich 'was *wr ought like unto 
** a knot in a garden^ called a Maze * ; but it 'was commonly 
" Jaidy that lafily the queene came to her by a clue ofthridde^ 
** orjilkef and fo dealt fwith her y that Jhe li*ved not long af- 
** ter : but <whenjhee 'was dead Jhe 'was buried at Godjlcw in 
** an h'd&fe of nunnes^ bejide Oxford^ ivith thefe 'verfes upon 
" her tombfy 

** Hic jacet in tumba, Rofa mtindi, non Rofa manda ; 
" Non redolet, fed oletj quje redolere folet. 

• Conjt/fing of vaults under ground, arc bed and tvalled icith 
brick andjione^ according to Drayton, See note on bis Bpift, of 
Rofam* 

1 2 r» 



134 ANCIENT SONGS 



€i 



In Engliji thus i 



•* The rofe rf the nv^rld^ hut not the cleane Jltrwre^ 
" Is no<w here gra<ven ; to nvhom beauty ivaj lent T 

** In this grwjefull darke nutve is her ho^wrCy 
" That by her life ^wasfweete and redolent : 
*< But no'w that Jbee is from this life blent 

** Though Jhe 'wcrffxAjeete^ now foully doth Jhee flinke^ 

** Amirrourgoodfor all men y that on her thinke,** 

Stonve^f Amtalsy Ed, 1631./. 154* 

Hotv the queen gained admittance into Rofamemd^s bonvtr 
is dijirently related, Hollingjhed fpeaks of it^ as *^ the 
•* to7nmon refort of the people y that the queene ,\ . , fcundt 
•• hir out by a Jtlken thready luhieh the king had draw fx 
** afier him out of hir chamber nvith his foot y and dealt 
** tvith hir in fuch Jharpe and erueU *wifey that Jhe lived 
** not long after. ^* FoL HL /. 1 1 5. On the other handy in 
Speeds s hift, tve are icld that the jealous queen found her out 
^-^ by a cfe^w cf filkey fallen from R*famunds lappe^ as ft>ee 
** fate to take ayre, and fuddenly feeing frovt the fight of the 
** fearchery the end of her filke faftened to her f cot y and the 
** cleiv Jlilhinwuinding^ remained behinde : nvhith the queene 
<* folloivedy tilljhee had found 'vjhai Jhee fought^ and upcn 
** Rofamundfo /vented her fpleene, as the lady lived not Iott^ 
*' after. ^* ^d^dit. p. 509. Our ballad-maker ivith mort 
ingenuity y and probably y as much fruthy tells us the clue was 
gained y by furprifcy from the knight y luha luas left to guard 
her bower. 

It is obfer*vable that none of the old ivriters attribute 
Rofamond^s death- to pcijon^ {Staiv, abo<iiey mentions it meerlj 
as a fight conjeSfureJ ; they only gi've us to underfand, that 
the queen treated her harjhly ; 'with fyrious menaces y nuft 
may fuppofcy tdtd Jharp expoftulationsy luhich hadjuch eJeS 
en her fpirits^ that Jhe did not hngfurmi'ue it. Indeed » 

hif 



A K D B A L L A D S. tis 

t& tomhftoney of ive karnfrom a ptrfon of credit *, among 
other fine fculpturei^ <iJoas engraven the figure of a cui** 
This J fwhich perhaps at firfi twas an accidental ornament, 
might in after times fuggeft the notion thntJhs'waspoifoned\ tit 
Uafi this conftruBion ^was put upon ity ivhen thefione came to 
he demoUJhed after the nunnery ^was diffblved. The ac^ 
count isi that ** the tomhftone tf Rofamund Clifford 'was 
** taken up at Godfio^w^ and broken in pieces^ and that upon 
" // nuere interchangeable tweavings draivn out and decked 
" nuith rofesred and green^ and the pi Bur e of the cv^^ out 
" of which fl^e drank the poyfon gin/en her by the queen y car*ved 
" inftoner 

Rofamond*s father banking been U gHdt btncfaSlor to the 
nunnery of Godfio'tVy tvhere fi?e had alfo refided herjelf in 
the innocent part of her iife^ her body ivas conveyed thert, 
and buried in the middle of the choir ; in *which place it rf - 
maihed till the year 1 19 1, nuhen Hugh bijhop of Lincoln 
caujedit to be removed. The faB is recorded by Hovedem 
a cotemporary twriter^ nvhofe nuords are thus tranflaied by 
Stonv, •< Hugh hi/hop of Lincolne came to the abbey of 

nunnesj called Godfiovj^ . . . » . and *w hen he had entred 

* the church to pray^ hefavj a tombe in the middle of the 

* quire y covered vuith a pall of filke^ and fet about vjith 

* lights of vjaxe : and demanding vjhofe tombe it twas, he 
' lAtas anfweredf that it nvas the tombe of Rojamond, that 

* ovtf/ fo?ne time lemman to Henry II, , . . , ivho for the 

* love of her had done much good to that church. Then quoth 

* the bijhopy take out of this place the harlot^ and bury her 

* ivithout the church, left chriftian religion Jhould grov) 

* in contempt y and to the endy that through exctmple of her, 

* other vjomen being made afraid may bevoarey and keepl 

* themfelves from unlavcfull and advouterous cot^pany vntb 
' ««»." Jnnalsy p, 159. 

I 4 ^^^My 



* Tho, Allen of dec. Hally Oxon. vjbodiedm 1632, aged ^o, 
See Hearne^s rambling difcourfe concerning Rofamofid, cii the end 
e/Gul, Neubrig Hifi, roL i/p, 739. 



i3j6 ANCIENT SO N G S 

Hifiory farther informs «/, ihai kingjthn repaired God* 
fo'w nunnery t and endanued it q^th yearly refttnues^ '* that 
*< thefe holy *virgins might releeve •with their prayers^ the 
" foules of his father king Henrie^ and of lady Rofamuni 
** there interred,** *..►./« *what Jit nation her remains 
ijoere found at the dijfolution of the nunnery ive learn frm 
Leland, ^* Rofamundes tumbe at Godfto^we nunnery wot 
** toAen up [0/*] late ; it is a jlone njoith this infcripm 
*' Tu M B A Ros A M V N D^ . Her bones %vere clojid in lede^ 
*' and luithyn that bones *wete clofyd yn lether^ When it 
*' luas tpencd a 'very f^weie fmell came o*w/ of it" See 
Hearne*s difcourfe abowe quoted^ nvritten /« 1 7 1 8 ; at nvbich 
tinte^ he tells us, ijoere ftillfeen by the pool at Woodflnck the 
foundations of a <very large building, fivhieh *were believed /» 
be the remains of Rrfamond^s labyrinth. 

To conclude this (perhaps too prolix) account^ Henry bad 
fwofons by Rof amend, from a computation of ivhofe ages, a 
modern hifiorian has endeavoured to in<ualidate the received 
flory, Theje luere William Longue-efp^- (or Long-ffutord) 
earl of Salijbury, and Gejferey bijhop of Lincolne f . Gefferey 
•was the younger of Rofamond* s fons^ and yet is faid to bait 
been t<wenty years old at the time of his ele^ion to that fee in 
1173. Hence this 'writer concludes^ that king Henry fell in 
love viith Rafamond in 1 149* 'when in king Stephen* s reip 
he came over to be knighted by the king of Scots ; he alp 
thinks it probable that Henry s commerce nvith this lady 
'* broke off upon his marriage *with Eleanor \in 1152.] and 
** that the young lady by a natural effe3 of gtief and refent^ 
** -ment at the defeQipn of her lover, entered on that occajion 
*' into the nunnery of Godjiowe, vihere Jhe died probably he* 
** fore the rebellion of Henry* s fons in 1173.'* [CW/f*/ hifi. 
Fol. Lp. 652.] But let it be ohferved^ that Henry vtas but 
Sixteen years eld nuhen he came over to be*- knighted \ that hi 
^aid but eight months in this ifiandy and vjas almofi all the 
time voith the kirtg of Scots ', that he did not return back to 

England 

^ R.of Henry 11. in Speed's Hift, vrii by Dr. Barcbam, Vtait 
of Becking.. t 4flerwardiarcbb.,of Xork% 



A N D B A L L A D S. 137 

England till 1 1 53,*/^^ year after his marriage *with Eleanor ; 
and that no tvriter drops the leafi Bint of R^Jamond*s having 
e'ver been abroad njntth her lo<ver, nor indeed is it probable 
that a boy ofjixteenjhould ^venture to carry over a mijirefs to 
his mother*s court. If ail thefe circumfdnces are confidered^ 
Mr. Carte's account ivill be found more incoherent and imprO" 
bahle than that of the old ballad ; ^luhich is alfo countenanced 
hy moft of our ol4 hiftorians. 

Printed from four ancient black-letter copies in the Pepys 
Colleiiion* 



WH E N as king Henry ruldc this land. 
The fecond of that name, 
Betides the queene, he dearly lovdo 
A faire and comely dame. 

Moiil pcerlefsewas her beautyc founde, ; 

Her favour, and her face ; 
A fweeter creature in this worlde 

Cottld never prince embrace. 

Her crifpcd lockcs like threads of golde 

Appeard to each mans fight ; lo 

Her fparkling eyes, like Orient pearles. 
Did ctttl a heavenlye light. 

The btcod within her cryftal chcekes 

Did fuch a colour drive, 
As though the lillye and the rofo 1 5 

Fpr mafterfhip viid ilrive. 



138 ANCIENT SONGS 

Yeaj Rbfamonde, fair Rofamonde, 

Her name was called fo^ 
To whombur qdeene, dame Ellinor, 

Was known a deadlye foe* i9 

The king therefore, for her defencei 

Againft the furious quee^ic. 
At Woodftocke builded fuch a bower. 

The like was never feene* 

Moft curioufly that bower was built . ^5 

Of ftone and timber ftronge, 
An hundered and fifty doors 

Dii to this bower belonge : 

And they fo cunninglye contriv'd 

With turnings round about, Jo 

That none but with a clue of thread. 

Could enter in or out« 

And for his love and ladyes fake. 

That was fo faire and brighte. 
The keeping of this bower he gave 35 

Unto a valiant knighte. 

But fortune, that doth often frowfte 

Where (hee before did fmile, 

The kinges delighte and ladyes joy 

Full fcon fhce didteguile* • 4° 

For 



A ^ns BALLADS. 139 

For why, the kinges ungracious foone. 

Whom he did high advance, 
Againft his father raifed wares 

Within the real me of France. 

But yet before our comelye king 4j 

The Englifh land forfooke. 
Of Roiamond, his lady faire. 

His farewelle thus he tooke : 

•* My Roiamonde, my only Rofe, 

That pleafeft bell mine eye : 5a 

The faireil flower in all the worlde 

To feed my fantafye : 

The flower of mine aiFeftcd heart, 

Whofc fwfcetncfs doth excelle : 
My royal Roie a thoufand times 55 

I bid thee no we farewelle ! 

For I muil leave my fairefl flower. 

My fwcetell RoCe, a fpace. 
And crofs the feas to famous Francf , 

Proud rebclles to abafe. 60 

But yet, my Rofe, be fure thou fhalt • 

My coming fhortlVe fee. 
And ia my he<u t, when hence T am, 

lie beare my Rofe with mee.'^ 

When ' 



140 ANCIEKT SONGS 

Wheii Rofamond, that ladye brighte 6j 

Did heare the king faye foe. 
The forrowe of her grieved heart 

Her outward lookes did fhowe ; 

And from her cleare and cryftall^cyes 

The teares gu(ht out apace, 7^ 

Which like the iilver-pearlcd devvc 
Ranne downe her comely face. 

Her lippes, erft like the corall reddc. 

Did waxe both wan and pale, 
And for the forrow fhe conceivdc 75 

Her vitall (pirits faile ; 

And falling down all in a fwoone 

Before king Hen ryes face. 
Full oft he in his princelye armes 

Her bodye did embrace : 8o 

And twentye times, with watery eyes. 

He kift her tender cheeke, 
Untill he had rcvivede againe 

Her fenfes milde and mceke. 

Why gneves my Role, my fwccteft Rofe ? ^5 

The king did often faye. 
Becaufe, quoth (hee, to b oodye warres 

My lord mull part av.aye, 

U 



AND BALLADS. 141 

Pat fince your grace on forrayne coafte3 

Amonge your foes uukinde 9# 

^ufl goe to hazard life and limbc. 
Why fbould I ftaye bel>iad.e ? 

Nay rather, let n^e, lik^ a page. 

Your fworde and target beare ; 
That on my bread the blowes may ligh.je, .95 

Which syould offend you ther^ . 

P lett mee, in your royal tent. 

Prepare your bed at nighte. 
And with fweete baths refrefh your gracc^ 

At your returne froni iighte. 100 

So I your prefence may enjoye 

No toil I will refufe ; 
Put wanting you, my life is death ; 

Nay, death lid rather chufe I 

^« Content thy felf, my deareft love 5 105 

Thy reft at home fliall bee 
Jn Englandes fweet and pleafant ifle ; 

For travell fits not thee. 



no 



Fairc ladies brooke not bloodye warres ; 

Soft peace their fexe delightes ; 

/ Not rugged campes, but courtlye bowers ; 

.* gay feaftes, nc^t crucU fightes.' 

My 



14^ ANCIENTSONGS 

My Rofe Ihall fafely here abide. 

With muficke paiTe the dayc ; 
Whilft I, amcJnge the piercing pikes, IIJ 

My foes feeke far awaye. / 

My Rofe fhall fhine in pearle, and golde, 

Whilft Ime in armour dighte ; 
Gay galliards here my love fhall dance, 

Whilft I my foes goe iightp, IW 

And you, fir Thomas, whom I trufte 

To bee my loves defence ; 
Be carefull of my gallant Rofe 

When I am parted hencCf** 

And therewithal! hce fetcht a figh, 125 

As though his heart would breake ; 

And Rofamonde, for very griefe. 
Not one plaine word could fpeake. 

And at their parting well they mighte 

In heart be grieved fore : J 30 

After that daye faire Rofamonde 
The king did fee no more, 

Fcr when his grace had paft the feas. 

And into France was gone ; 
With envious heart, qucene Ellinori 135 

Tp Woodftocke came anone, 

Afti 



AND B A L L A D 8. 143 

And forth fhe calles this truflye knighte. 

In an unhappye houre 5 
Who with his due of twined thread. 

Came from this famous bower. 1 40 

And when that they had wounded him. 

The queene this thread did gette. 
And went where ladye Rofamond^ 

Was like an angell fette* 

But when the queene with Aedfail eye 145 

Beheld her beauteous face. 
She was amazed in her minde 

At her exceeding grace, 

Caft off from thee thofe robes, fhe faid, % 

That riche and coftlye bee ; i ro 

And drinke ^ou up this deadly e draught. 
Which I have brought to thee. 

Then prefentlye upon her knees 

Sweet Rofamonde did falle ; 
And pardon of the queene (he crav'd 15^ 

For her offences alU 

M Take pitty oa my youthfull yeares, 

Fairc Rofamonde did crye ; 
And lett mee not with poifon jftrongc : 

P^forced bee |o dye, 1 5o 

I will 



^44 ANCIENT SONGS 

I will renounce my finfdll life. 

And in fome cloyfter bide ; 
Or elfe be baniflit^ if you pleaft. 

To range tbfi world (q^ widev 

And for the fault, whidi I have done, 165 

. Though I was forc*d theretoe, 
Preferve my life and puniih mee • 
As you thinke meet to doe/' 

And with thcfe words, her lillie handes 

She wrungc full often there ; 170 

And downe along her lovelye face 
Did trickle many a teare. 

But nothing could this furious queene 

Therewith appealed bee ; 
T he cu p of dcadlye poyfon flronge, 1 75 

As Hie knelt on her knee, 

§hce gave this comelye dame to drinke j 

Who tooke it in her hand. 
And from her bended kneearoie. 

And on her feet did Hand : i8^ 

And cafting up her eyes to heaven, 

Shee did for mercy e calle ; 
And drinking up the poifon ftronge, 

fler life (lie lofl withalle. 

Mi 



A N D B A L L A D S. 145 

And when that death through everye lijnbc 

Had fhowde its greateft fpite, 1 85 

Her chiefeil foes did plaine confefie 
Shee was a glprioas wight« 

Her body then they did entomb. 

When life was fled away, - 
At Godftowe, near to Oxford townc. 

As may be fecn^ thi? d^y» 190 



VI. 
QJJEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION, 

** Eleanor the daughter iffi4 hei'refi of William duhe of 
Quienney and earl of Poi6iouj had been married fixteen yean 
to Louis VII, king of France^ and had attended him in a croi- 
fade^ fwhicb that monarch commanded againji the infidels ; 
hut halving loji fhe affedions of her hvfvand, and e'ven fallen 
under fame fufpicions of gallantry fwith a han.^Jotne Jaracen^ 
Louis more delicate ^ than politic , trocurtd a divorce f rem her^ 
find refifired her thofe rich pr6<vinceSi nvhich by her marriage 
Jhe had annexed to the croiJun of France. Theyouvg count of 
Anjou, after'wards Henry II. king of England^ tho* at that 
time but in his nineteent hyear^ m ither dijcowaged by the dif- 
'parity of age ^ nor by the reports of Eleanor^ s gallantry, made 
Such fuccefsful court Jhip to that princefs, that he married her 
fix lueeks after her divorce ^ and got pcjpjjion of all her domi- 
nions as a doivry, A marriage thus founded upon interefi ivas, 
not likely to be <Vefy happy : it happened accordingly, Elea- 

Vqi«. II. K ir^T, 



U6 AN CIENT SONGS 

nor, ix)ho bad difgufied beffrfi Inland by bar gallajitrieU 
iJtfas no le/s offenji've to htrficond by ber jeahufy f thus car- 
tying to extremity^ in tbe different parts of ber life^ €*ver) cir- 
cumfiance of female>*wiakne/s, Sbe badfen>eral fons hy Hen- 
ry ^ cwbomjhe fpiriiedup^ to reh$l^mnft bm » 4tnd (ndea*vour- 
ing to efcape to them di/gui/ed in man*s apparel in 1 173, /^ 
^uas dijconjered and thro^wn into a confinement ^ fwhicb/eetm to 
bave egntinued till the deaib cf her bujband in 1189. 5^« 
boiii^'ver furnji'ved him many years : dying in 1204, in the 
fixthyear of the reign of beryoungefijon, jfobn. $ee flume's 
HiJ}, L 160, 307. Speed, Sto^, Sff, 

// is needleft to obfer^ue^ that the folhiuing ballad (gi'ven 
from an old printed copy) is altogether fabsdous ; *wbatever 
gallantries Eleanor encouraged in the time of ber firfi huf- 
bandf none are imputed to ber in that of berfecond. 



OU E E N E Elia^of vml a fickc womin, 
And afraid that fhe fhould dye : 
Then (he fent for two fryars of France 
To fpcke with her ipeedilyc. 

"Irhe king calld downe his nobles all. 

By one, by two, by three; 
** Earl marihally He goe fhrive the queene^ 

And thou fhalt wend with mee." 

A boone, a boone ^ quoth earl marfhally 

And fell on his bended knee ; ^* 

That whatfotver queene Elianor feyc. 

No harme therof nay bee. 

lie 



A ND fi A LL A D g. 147 

He pawne my landes, the king then cryd. 

My fccptre, crdwae» and all, 
That whatibcre qaeen Elianor fayes ic 

No harme therof fhall fall. 

Do thou put on a fryar$ coat^ 

And lie put on another ; 
And we will to queen Elianor goe 

Like fryar and his brother, 29 

Thus both attired then they goe : 

When they came to Whitehall 
The bells did ring, and the quirifters fing. 

And the torches did lighte them all. 

When that they came before the queene ac 

They fell on their bended knee ; 
A boone, a boone, our gracious queerie. 

That you fent fo haftilee. 

Are you two fryars of France, flie fayd. 
As I fuppoie you bee f |a 

But if you are two Englifhe Brytta^ 
You (hall hang on the gallowes tree.- 

We are twro fryars of France, they fayd. 

As you fuppofe we bee. 
We have not been at any mafle 35 

Sith we came fro^i the fet» 

K a The 



148 ANCIENT SO NO S 

The firft vile thing that ever I did 

I will to yoa anfolde ; 
Earl marfliall had my maidenhed^ 

Beneath this cloth of golde. ifi 

Thats a vile iinne, then fayd the idng ; 

May God forgive it thee ! 
Ametiy amen, quoth earl marfliall ; 

With a heavye heart fpake hee. 

The next vile thing that 6ver I did, 4i 

To you lie not dcnye, 
I made a boxe of poy(bn ftrong. 

To poifon king Henrye. 

, Thats a vile finne, then fayd the king. 

May God forgive it thee ! f^ 

Amen, amen, quoth earl marfliall ; 
And I wifli it fb may bee. 

The next vile thing that ever I did^^ 

To you I will difcover ; 
I poyfoned fair Rofamonde, . 5! 

All in fair Woodflocke bower. 

That's a vile finne, then fayd the king ; 

May God forgive it thee ! 
Amen, amen, quoth earl marfliall ; 

And I wifli it (b may bee. ^ 



AND BALLADS. 249 

Do you fee yonders little boye, 

A toffing of the balle ? 
That is earl marihalls eldeft fonne. 

And I love him the beft of all. 

Do yoa fee yonders little boye, 65 

A catching of the balle ? 
That is king Hcnrycs youngeft fonne. 

And I love him the worft of alL 

His head is faihyond like a bull $ 

His nofe is like a boare. 70 

No matter for that, king Henrye cryd, 

I love him the better therfore. 

The king pulled off his fryars coate. 

And appeared all in redde : 
She fliriekedy and cryd, and wrung her hands, 75 

And fayd ihe was betrayde. 

The king lookt over hi^ left fhoulder. 

And a grimme look looked hee» 
Earl marfhall, he f^yd, but for my oathe. 

Or hanged thou ihouldft bee. 60 

K 3 VII. GAS- 



r. <3, 67. She means that ihe eldfi of thefe Mjuo nvas bj ihe 
earl mar/kal, tkeyowigejl by ihe king. 



150 A N C IE N:T songs 



VII. 

GASCOIGNE'S PRAISE OF THE FAIR FRIDGES, 
AFTERWARDS LADY SANDES, 

On her having a scar in her porebbad. 

George Gafcqigne mms a celebrated poet in the early part of 
^ Eliscaheth*f reigns and appears t»gr€at advanfage among 
thf mi/cellaneous ^writers of that age. He twai author of 
thfee or four plays ^ and of many fmaller poems ; one f the 
tnoft remarkahle of fwhicb is a Jatire in blank 'verfe^ called 
the SrEEtt'GLASS, 1576. 4/0. 

Gajcoigne tjuas born in EJJey^, educated in both uni'verfities, 
nvhence he removed to Gray's-i/tn ; but, di/liAsng thejiudj 
of the la^Wf beca?nefrjl a dangler at courts and afterfwardi 
afoldier in the luars of the Lonv Countries^ He had no 
gr£at fuccefs in any^ of thefe perfuitSy as appears froUt afcm 
of his ^ intitled^ ** Gaffoigne^s JVodtnan^i^^ ^written tokri 
** Gray of fTilton,'* Many of his epifiks dedicatory ari 
dated in 1 575, l^jS^ from ** his poore houfe inWaltham* 
*^ floe :^^ luhere he died a middle-aged matt in i^j%, Vid, 
Ath, Oxen, 

A^ery ingenious critic thinks ** Gafeoigne has mueh ex- 
**-ceeded all the poets of his age^ in fmootbnrfs and harmony 
*^ ef 'verification'^ ,^* But the truth is, fcarce any of tl:e 
earlier poets of ^ Elizabeth^ s time are found deficient in 
harmony andfrnoothnefs^ tho* thefe qualities appear fo rare 
in the txjritings of their fuccefcrs. In the Paradise of 
PAINTY DEvisEsf, (the Dodfefs mifceltany bfthofetmO 

■ 

• Ohfe'^nj/vtiom on the Faerie S^een. FcL ILp, 168. 

f Printed in 1578, 159^^ and perhaps ofuner, inj^o, bUtgkletn 



A N D B A L L AT? S. 15I 

nvill hardlj be famid om rtmghy or Marmomoas Une * .* 
'whereas the numbers of yon/ou, Donnef and moft of their 
contemporaries^ frequently offend the ear^ like the filing of a 
fanxi, — Perhaps this is infome meafure to be accounted for from 
the growing pedantry of that age^ and from the ivrtters of* 
feSing to run their lines into one another^ after the manner 
tf the LcUin and Greek poets- - . 

The following^ poem ('which the elegant lajriter above 
quoted hath recommended to notice j as poffefjedof a delicacy 
narely to be feen in that early ftate '6f our poetry) properly ^ 
confifts of alexandrines of iz and 14 fyllabUs^ and is 
printed from tijuo quarto black-letter colleSlions of Gafcoigne^s 
pieces ; the firft intitled^ ** A hundreth fundrie fio-Mres^ 
** bounde up in one fmaU pofie^ He, Loiidon^ imprinted f^r 
*'. Richarde Smith:** nuithout datey but from a letter of 
R, W» (p. 202, J compared ixjith the Printer^s epifi, to tit 
Reader, it appears havt Been been publijhed in 1572,^ ;j. 
The other is intitled, *• The Pofies of George Gafccigne Efq, 
** corrededy perfeSed, and augmented by theauthour ; : 575. 
'* — Printed at Lond,for Richard Smithy ^c." Noyear^ 
but theepifl, dedicate is dated 1 576. 

In the title page of this laji (by <voiVf of printer* s f, or 
bookfeller*s device) is an ornamental 'uuooiien cut, tok'-ably 
ivell executed, nvherein Time is reprefetifed draining the figure 
of Truth cut of a pit or cnvern, luifh this legend, Occul- 
ta VERITAS TEMPORE PATET [* s ] This is mention^ 
ed becauje it is not improbable b^t the accidental fight of this 
or feme other title-page containing the Jame J)evice, fftggcfied 
to Rubens that ivell-kno'wn dcfign of fi-fimilar kind, ivhich 
he has introduced into the Luxemburg gallery \y and njuhich 
has been fo jufily cenfured for the unnatural manner of its 
execution. — The device abovementioned bfing not ill-adapted 
to the fubjeS of this volume, is vjiih feme f mall variations 
copied in a plate ^ vjhich to gratify the curiofity of thi Jleader 
is prefixed to Book III, 

K 4 IN 

• The fame is true of moft of the poems in the Mil rour of Ma. 
giflrates, 1563, 4/(?, and even of Suntys Poems, 1557. 
t ffenrie Bimeman, J Lb T^mib decouvi^e la Veritr, 



IS* A NC lENT SONGS 

> 

])N court whofo demaundes 
* What dame doth mod excell ; 

« 

For my conceit I mufl needes fzy, 
Faire Bridges beares thebel : 

Upon whofe lively cheeke, J 

To prove my judgment truc^ 
The rofe and lillie feeme to ftrive 

For equail change of hewe : 

And therwithall (o well 

Hir graces all agree, !• 

No frowning cheere dare once prefame 

In hir fweet face to bee. 

* Although fome lavifhe lippes. 
Which like fome other beft. 
Will fay, the blemifhe on hir browe 15 

Difgraceth all the relt. 

Thereto I thus replie, 

God wotte, they little knowe 
The hidden caufe of that mifhap. 

Nor how the harm did growe : 20 

For when dame Nature firfl 

Had framde hir heavenly face. 

And thoroughly bedecked it 

With goodly gleames of grace ; 

It 



A N D B A L L A D S. 351 

tt lyked hir fo well : ^m 

Lo here, qaod flie, a peece 
For perfed fKape, that pafleth all 

^pelles' worke in Greece. 

This bay t may chaunce to catche 

The grcateft God of love, 30 

Or mightie thundring Jove himfelf. 

That rules the roaH above. 

But out, alas ! thoie wordes 

Were vaunted all in vaync, ^ 
And fome unfeen wer prefent there, 1 5 

Pore Bridges, to thy pain. 

For Cupide, crafty boy, 

Clofe in a corner ftoode. 
Not blyndfold then, to gaze oa hir : 

I gefle it did him good. 40 

Yet when he felte the flame 

Gan kindle ih his breft. 
And herd dame Nature boaH by hir 

To break him of his refl. 

His hot newe-chofen love 45 

He chaunged into hate. 
And fodeynly with myghtie mace 

Gan rap hir on the pate. 

It 



15+ A N G I E NT S O.N G S 

It grecvcd Nature muche . 

To fee the cniell deede : jo 

Mec feemes I fee hir,^ how fhe wept ' 

To fee liir dearling^ blccdc. I 

■i 

\ 
Wei yet, quod file, this hurt ] 

Shal have fome helpe I trowe : 

And quick whh fkin fh« coverd it, jc 

That whiter is than fnowe, 

Wherwith Dan Cupide fled. 

For feare of further ftame. 
When angel-like he fawhir ihine, , 

Whome he had fmit with ihamc, 60 

Lo, thus was Eridoes hurt 

In cradel of hir kind : 
The coward Cupide brake hir bh)wd 

'J o wreke his wounded mynd. 

The ikar ftill there remains ; . 65 

No force, there let it^ be : 
There is no cloude thai can eclipfe 

go bright a funne, as ihe. 



VIII. THE 



A N D B A L L A D S. ' 155 



viir. 

THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEDN ALL- 
GREEN. 

^his popular M ballad ivas luritUn in the reign of Eliza- 
bet h, as appears not oidyfrom *ver, 23, <where the arms of 
England are called the •• i^eenes armes ; " but from its tuners 
being quoted in other old pieces ^ <ivrif(en in her time. See the 
ballad on Maky Ambr.SE in this *volume. — Jin ingemouT ^ 
gentleman has^affured the Editor ^ that he has formerly feen 
another old fong on the fame fuhjeSf^ compojed in a different 
meafure from this ; ivhich ivas truly beauffuly if *we may 
judge from the only flanvut he remembred : in this it luaefaid 
of the old beggar f that ** do^wn his neck 

his reverend lockes 

In comelye curies did wave ; 
And on his aged temples grewe 

The bloffomes of the grave." 

I'he folloTuing ballad is chiefly gi^ven from the Editor^ s folia 
MS, compared lulth tnvo ancient printed copies : the concluding 
Jianzas, nvhich contain the old Beggar* s difco*very of himjelf 
are not ho-iue'ver gifven from any of thefe^ being *very dijfe- 
rent from thofe of the ijulgar ballad. They ^were communi- 
cated to the Editor in manufcript ; but he <will net anfiuer 
for their being genuine : he rather thinks them the modern 
produ^ion ofJomeperfoUf ivho *was offenaed at the abfurdi- 
tiesy and inconfifiencies^ nxhichfo remarkably prenj ailed in this 
fart of the fong^ as it flood before : ichereas by the altera- 
tion of afenu lines^ the ftory is rendered much more iiffeSi- 
ing^ and is reconciled to probability and true hiflory. For 
this informs us, that at the decijiije battle of E'vejham^ 

{fought 



156 ANCIENT S ON G S 

(fiught Aug, 4. 1265.^ nahtn Simon dt Montfort^ the great 
earl of Leicefier^ tvas Jlain at the head of the harems ^ bis 
eldefi Jon Henry fell by his fide ^ and in confequence of that 
defeat y his ^ushete family funk for ever^ the king heftofmng 
their great honours and pojfejjions on his fecond Jon Edmund 
earl ^ Laucafier, 

Pakt thb First. 

» 

ITT was a blind beggar, had long loft his light. 
He had a fidre daughter of bewty moft bright ; 
And many a gallant brave foiter had fhee. 
For none was foe comelye as pretty Befsee* 

And though (hee was of favor moft faire, 5 

Yett feeing ftiee was but a blinde beggars heyrc. 
Of ancycnt houfekeepers defpifed was (hee, 
Who{e fonnes came as faitors to prettye BefleeJ 

• 

Wherefore in great forrow fairc Bcfsy did fay. 
Good father, and mother, let me goe away 10 

To feeke out my fortune, whatever itt bee. 
Her foite then they granted to prettye Befsee. 

Then Befsy, that was of bewtye foe bright. 
All cladd in gray ruflett, and late in the night 
From father and mother alone parted (hee ; 15 

Who fighed and fobbed for prettye Befsee, 

Shee went till ihee came to Stratford-le-Bowe ; 
Then knew fhee not, whither nor which way to goc: 
With teares fhee lamented her hard deftinie. 
So fadd and fo heavy was prettye Befsee. zo 

She 



AND B A L L A D S, 157 

She kept on her journey untill it was day. 
And went unto Rumford along the hye way ; 
Where at the Queenes armes entertained was (hee ; 
So faire and wel favoured was prettye Befsee. 

Shee had not beene there a month to an end, 2{ 

But mailer -and miflres and all was her friend : 
And every brave gallufit, that once did her Cee^ 
Was Arait-way enamonrd of prettye Befsee. 

I 

Great ^fts they did (end her of iilver and gold» 
And in their fongs daylye her love was extold ; 30 

Her beawtye was blazed in every degree ; 
Soe faire and (be comlye was prettye Beisee. 

The yong men of Rumford in her had their joy 5 
Shee (hewd herfelfe curteous, and modeftlye coye ; 
And at her commandment ftill wold they bee i . 35 

Soe faire and (b comly was prettye Befsee. 

Foure fuitors att once unto her did goe^ 

They craved her favor, but ftill (hee fayd noe-: 

I wold not wi(h gentles to marry with mee. 

Yett ever they honoured prettye Befsee, 40 

The firft of them was a gallant yong knight, 
And he came unto her difguifde in the night : 
The fecond a gentleman of good degree, 
Who wooed and fued for prettye Befsee. 



158 ANCIENT SONGS 

A merchant of LondoB, whoie wealth was not fmall, 4; 
He was the third fuiter, and proper withall ; 
Her mafters own fonne the fourth man muft bee. 
Who fwore he wold dye forprettye Befsee* 

And, if thou wilt marry with mcc, quoth the knight, 
He make thee a ladye with joy and delight : $» 

My hart's fo inthralled by thy bewtie, 
That foone I fhall dye for prettye B^&ee. 

The gentleman fayd. Come, marry with mee. 
As fine as a ladye my Befsy (hal bee : j 

My life is diftrefled : O heare me, quoth hee ; 55 

And grant me thy love^ my prettye Befsee. 

Let me bee thy hufband, the merchant could &y. 
Thou (halt live in London both gallant and gay ; 
My (hippes fhall bring home rych jewels for thee. 
And I will for ever love prettye Befsee. 60 

Then BefTy (hee fighed, and thus ihce did fay. 
My father and mother I meane to obey } 
Firft gett thefr good will, and be faithfull to mee. 
And you (hall enjoye your pretty Befsee. 

To every one this anfwer (hee made, 65 

Wherforc unto her they joyful lye fayd. 

This thing to fulfill wee all doe agree ; 

But where dwells thy father, my prettye Befsee ? 

Mr 



AND BALLADS. 159 

My father, Ae fay d^ is fcone to be feenc; 

The feely blind beggar of Bednall-greene, ym 

That day lye fit$ b-egging for ch^ritie. 

He is the good father of prettye fiefsee. 

His markes and. his tokons are knowen very well ; 
He always is led with adoggaad a bell : 
A feely olde man God knoweth is hee, 75 

Yett hee is the father of prettye Befsee. 

Nay then, quoth tbe merchant, thou art not fer mee : 

Nor, quoth tbe inholder, my wife ihalt thoa bee : 

I lothe, fayd the gentle; a- beggars degnee. 

And theribre^ adewe, tr^y pi«t:ye Befsee I go 

Why then, quotW the knight, hap better or worff, 
I weighe not true love by the weight of the purfse. 
And bewtye is bewtye in cvety degree ; 
Then welcome unto mee, my pretty Befsee. 

With thee to thy father forthwith I will goe. 85 

Nay fcft, quoth his kinfmen, it muft not be foe ; 
A poor beggars daughter noc ladye flial bee. 
Then take thy adewe of prettye Befsee. 

But foone after this, by breake of tlie day 
The knight had from Romford dole Be/Ty away. 90 

The yongc men of Rumford, as thicke as might bee. 
Rode after to feitch againe prettye Befsee. 

As 



i6o ANCIENT SONGS 

As fwift as the winde to ryde they were feene, 
Untill they came neare unto Bednall-greene ; 
And as the knight lighted mofi curteodflie, 95 

They all fought againft him for prettye Befsee. 

But refctt came (peedilye over the plaine. 

Or elfe the young knight for his love had beene flaine. 

This fray being ended, then ftraightway he fee 

His kinfmen come rayling at prettye Beisee. 100 

Then ipake the blind beggiu*, Althoughe I be poore, 
Yett rayle not againft my child at my owne door : 
Though ihee be not dedi^ed in velveft and pearle, 
Yett I will dpppp angells with you for my girle» 

And then, if my gold w^y better her biithe, 105 

And equall the gold that yop lay 09 th^ ear(h. 
Then neyther rayle nor grudge you to fee 
The blind beggars daught^ ^ lady to bee^ 

3ut firft you fhall promifei 4pd have |tt well knowne, 
The golji that you drop Ihall all be your owne. 1 10 

With that they replyed. Contented bee wee. 
Then here's, quoth the beggar, for prettye Bc6f e. 

■ 

With that an angell he caft on the ground. 
And dropped in angels full three thoufand pound ; 
And oftentimes it was proved mofl plaine, i ^ 

For the gentlemens one the beggar dropt twayiie : 

■ 2 So 



AND BALLADS, i6i 

Soe that tke place, wberBin thay did fitt. 

With gold was covered every whitt. 

The gentlemen then having dropt all their ftore, 

Sayd, Beggar, hold, for wee have.no mpre. 1 20 

Thou haft fulfilled thy promife aright. 
Then marry my girle, quoth he to the knight ; 
And heere, added hee, I will throwe you downe 
A hundred pounds more to buy her a gowne. 

The gentlemen all, that this treafure had feene, 1 25 

Admired die beggar of Bednall-greene : 
And thoie, that were her fuitors before. 
Their flefhe for very anger they tore. 

thus was faire Befsy a match for the knight. 

And made a ladye in others defpite : 130 

A fairer ladye there never was feene. 

Than the blind beggars daughter of Bcdnall.greene. 

But of their fumptuous marriage and feaft, 
What brave lords aud knights thither were preft. 
The SECOND FIT • fliall fett forth to your fight 13^ 

With marvellous pleafure, and wilhed delight. 



• The ftvordTiTj for part, often occurs in our ancient 

hallads and metrical romances ; ivhich being divided into 

fiveral ^rts for the con'venience of finging them at public 

iHtertainmenfSj were in the inter<vals cf the feaft fung by 

Vol. II. L fits 



;i64 ANCIENT SONGS 

,FITS, or itttermiffions. So Puttenbam in his Art ofEmgiiJh 
poefie^ 15899 faj^Sf ** tho Efithalamit nnfos eli'vided by 
'** breaches into three partes tojervefor thjree federal fits, 
** or times to hefung?^ t, 41.— 

from the fame lortter nve learn Jome curious particulars 
relative to thejlate of ballad-finpng in thai agCy that tuill 
throw light on the prefent fubjeS : /peaking of the quick re- 
turns of one manner of tune in the Jhprt meafures u/ed by 
common rhimers ; the/e, he fays, «* gl^ the idre^ tas^fs it be 
>< in f mall and popular muji^es^fung by theft Cemtahaufui, 
^* upon benches and barrels heads f tvhere they ha^g mne 
*^ other audience then boys or couutrey ftUows^ thatpajse by 
'< them in the ftrtete ; or el/e by ^livd h arfb&s, mrfuch 
^^ tike ta*oerne minftrels^ that give a 7 it of mirth fir a 
<< CROAT, . k their matter being for the mttft peart ft^rifs of 
.<* old time, as the tale of Sir Topas^ the reporter ofBenfis of 
** Southampton, Guy of fVarivickt, Adam BettandCfymme 
*^ of the C lough, and fuch. other old romances or hijtariced 
** rimes, made purpofely for recreation of the common pa^ph at 
** Chrifimajfe dinners and bridtales, emd m tavertees eud 
*.* aUhoufes, and fuch other places of bafe reforte,** /^ 69. 

^his fpecies of entertainment, luhich feems to hakfc hems 
handed dotvufrom the ancient bards, 'was in tht timeef 
Puttenham fedling apocc into negUS ; hut that it 9uas not, 
even then, «wholfy excluded more genteel affembUes, he gives 
us room to infer from another pajfage, ** We ourfelves, faff 
<* this courtly* vtr iter, ha^ve vjritten for pUafmre a litk 
*• brief romance, or hiftorical ditty in the EngUfo tong 
** of the iJU of Great M^taine in ftfort and iong meetres, 
** and by breaches or divifions [/. e, fits,] to be more comr 
** modioufly fung to the harpe in places of of affemhly, vohere 
.** the company Jhal be defer ous to heare of old adventures, 
f* and valii^unces of noble knights in times pafe, as arethoje 



» He nvas one of S^^ Elizabeth's gent, penfioners, at a time, 
nvhen tbe nvhole band conjified of men of diftinguijbed birth and 
fh'tune, rid. Ath. Ox* 



AND BALLADS. 163 

«« rf long Arthur and hu knigits of the Round tahk^ Sir 
** Bivyt •fSoutbamfto»f.Guf of War^wickt^ and others 
*« Uke:* p. 33. 

Im more amcient times no grand fane of fefli*uity nnas com^ 

phot ^without one ofthefe reciters to entertain the company ivith 

j^ats of armesy and tales . of knighthood^ or, as one of tbefe 

mid minftrels fays^ in the beginning of an ancitnt romance 

in the Editor's folio MS. 

'* Wheit meMie and drinke is great pleniy^y 
** And lords and lady esftiU'wil bee y 

*^ Andfittandfolacelythe\ ^Perhaps 

•* Then itt is tmefor mee tofpeake ** tiytber 

•* Of keene knigbtesy and kempes greaty 

«• Sncb carping for to l^thej* 

Ifnvennfider that a groat in the age of Elixabeth 
njoeu more than equi<ualent to a JhiUing nonuy ^u:e Jhall find 
that the old harpers nuere even tben, ivben their art luas on 
the decline^ upon afar more reputable footing than tbe ballad- 
Jhsgers of our time, Tbe reciting of one fucb ballad as this 
of tbe Beggar of Bednal'gr ten y in II parts ^ was rewarded 
wth baff^ a cro^wn of our money. And that they made a 
*oery reneSabU appearance ^ ijue may learn from the drefs of 
the old Beggar y in tbe following ftanscasy *ver. ^4, where be 
comes into compawf in tbe habit and chara3er of one of tbefe 
minftrelsy being not known to be tbe bride's father^ till after 
her fpeechy ver* 63. The exordium of bis fong^ and bis 
claiming a groat /br his reward, v, 76, are peculiarly 
charaHeriftic tf that prof ejjion. — Mqft of the old ballads be- 
gin in a pompous manner^ in order to capii'uate tbe attention 
of the audience, and induce them to purchafe a recital of tbe 
Jong : and tbeyfeldom conclude tbe vikst part witbout large 
fromifes of ftill greater entertainment in tbe secovd. This 
<was a necejfary piece of art to incline the bearers to be at tbe 
escpence of a fecond groaf i-'worth,^—Many of the old romances 
extend to eight or nine fits, ijohich <would afford a confider^ 
ahle profit to tbe reciter, 

L 2 Tq 



i64 ANCIENf SOKGS 

To return to the <iuord fit ; it/eems atfirft to ba«oeyecu» 
culiarly fignified the paufe^ or breathing time bet^wien heft- 
weral parts y ( anfaoering to Passus in the<Vtfions of Pierct 
Plowman) : thus in the old poem of John Tfft R%%^ thi 
Firft part ends tvith this l/ne^ 



<€ 



Tbefirfi FiTT here find naee : '' 



i. e. here nve come to the firft paufe or intermiJJion.'^By it' 
grees it came to fignify the ivhole part or divifidn preceding 
the paufe ; and thisfenfe it bad obtained fo early as 'the time 
of Chaucer : fwho thus concludes the firftpart of bis rhyme if 
SirTbopas (<writ in ridicule of the old hedhdrdrndncis) 

*' Lo! lordis mine^ here is a PXTTj 
** If y^ wjoll any more of it^ 
" To tell it njjoll I fonde:* 



Part the Seco N'D. 

WI hin a gorgeous palace moft brave, 
Adorned with all the coft they colde hav^ 
This wedding was kept moft fumptuouflie. 
And all for the creditt of prettye Befsec. 

All kind of dainties, and delicatcs fwee^ 
Were bought for their banquet, as it was mecte ; 
Partridge, and plover, and venifon moft free, 
Againft the brave wedding of pretty Befsee. 



Thii 



AND BALLAD S. 165 

'this wedding though England was fpread by report. 
So that a great number therto did refort i o 

Of nobles and gentles in every degree ; 
And all for the fame of prcttye Befsee. 

To chnrch then went this gallant young knight ; 
His bride follo^ved after, an angell moft bright. 
With troojpes of Iddyes, the like nere was feene, 1 5 

That went with fweete Befly of Bednall-greene. 

This marry age being folemnized then. 

With muficke performed by the fl^illfuUeft men. 

The nobles and gentles fate downe at that tyde. 

Each one admiring the beautiful! bryde. 29 

Now, after the fumptuous dinner was done. 

To talke, and to reafbn a number begunn : 

They talkt of the blind beggars daughter mod bright. 

And what with his daughter he gave to the knight. 

Then fpake the nobles, «« Much marveil have wee, 25 
This jolly blind beggar we pannot here fee." 
My lords, quoth the bride, my father's fo bafe. 
He is loth with his prefence thefe Hates io difgrace. 

** The prayfe of a woman in queftyon to bringe , 
Before her owne face, were a flattering thinge ; 30 

Wee thinke thy father's bafenefs, quoth they, 
Might by thy bewtyc be cleane put awaye." 

L 3 * They 



i66 ANCIENT S ON G S 

They had no fooner thefe pleafant words fpoke. 

Bat in comes the beggar clad in a iilke cloke ; 

A faire velvet capp, and a fether fiad hee, 35 

And now a muficyan forfooth hee wold bee. 

He had a daintye late under his arme. 

He touched the ftrlngsy which made fach a charme. 

Sales, Pleafe you to heare any muficke of mee. 

He iing you a fong of prettye Befsee. 40 

With that his lute he twanged ftraight way. 
And thereon begann moft fweetlye to play $ 
And after that leiTons were playd two or three. 
He ftrayned out this fong moft delicatelie. 

** A poore beggars daughter did dwell on a greene, 45 
«* Who for her faireneife might well be a queene ; 
*' A blithe bonny lafTe, and dainty was fhee, 
** And many one called her prettye BefTee. 

" Her father he had noe goods, nor noe land, 
** But beggd for a penny all day with his hand ; 50 
<< And yett to her marriage he gave thoufands three, 
** And mil he hath fomewhat for prettye Befsee. 

*< And if any one here her birth doc difdaine, . 
« Her father is ready, with might and with xnaine^ 
" To prove ihee is come of noble degree : 5j 

« Therfdre never Jlout at prettye Befsee.** 

2 Wiik 



And ballads. 167 

t^ith that the lords and the company round 

with hearty laughter were readye to fwoand ; 

At laft fayd the lord». Full well wee may fee, 

The bride and the beggar's beholden to thee. (b 

On this the bride all blufhiiig did rife^ 
The pearliedropps ftandisg within her faire eyes,- 
O pardon my father, grave nobles, quoth ihee, 
Thatthroughe blind affe6tion thus doteth on mee.* 

if this be thy father, the npbles did fay, <5 

Well may he be proud of this happy day ^ 
Vett by his coaatenance well may wee fee, 
Hia birth and his fortune did never agree 9 

And therfbre hliml mim, we pfay thee bewray,* 
(And looke that ^e truth thou to us do^ fay) fof 

Thy birth and thy parentage, what it may bee^ 
For the love that thou beareft to prettye Bef^ee* 

^' TheA givte me leave, nobles and gendes, each oney 
^' ^One foAg tnort to fiagr and then I have done ; 
*^ And if that Jtt may not winn good report, 7 - 

'^ Then do ndt give me a groat for my fport. 

'< [Sir Simon de Montfbrt my fiibjedl flial bee t 
** Once chiefe of all the great barons was hee, 
** Yet fortune fo cruelle this lorde did abafe, 
*< Now lofte aiyd forgotten are hee and ius race« So 

L 4 <« When 



i68 ANCIENT SONGS 

«* When the barons in armes did king Henrye oppofc, 
" Sir Simon de Montfort their leader they chofe ; 
" A leader of courage undaunted was hee, 
« And oft-times hee made their enemyes flee. 

« At length in the battle on Eveftiame plainc 85 

" The barons were routed, and Montfort was flaine; 
<« Mode fatall that battel did prove unto thee, 
" ThoBghe thou waft notbome then, my prettyc Bcfsce ! 

« Along with the nobks, Aat fell at that tyde, 
" His eldeft fon«e Henrye, who fought by his fide, 90 
" Was fellde by a blowe, he receirdc m the fight ? 
** A blowe that deprivdc him for erer from fight. 

<< Among the dead bodyet ail Ufelefie he laye, 
*« Till evening drewe on of t^ fbltowing daye, 
** When by a yong ladye diicoverd was hee ; 95 

<< And this was thy mother, my prettye Eefsoe ! 

** A barons Ikire daughter ftept forth in die ntghte 

«< To iearch for her father, who fell in the fight, 

«' And fecang yong Montfiwt, where gafping he Itye, 

*< Was moved with pitye, and brought him awaye. 10^ 

<< In feerette (He nnrft him, and fWaged his paine, 
<* -While hee throoghe thereaime^as beleevd tobe flai^i«» 
« At lengthe his fkire bride ihce confented to bee, 
<< And made him glad fiKther of prettye Befiee, 



AND BALLADS. 169 

" And nowe left oure foes oure lives (holde betraye, 105 
" We clothed ourfclvcs in beggars arraye ; 
** Her jewelles fhee folde, and hither came wee : 
<< All our comfort and care was our pretty e Befsee.] 

<* And here have we lived in fortunes dcipite, 109 

" Thoughe meane, yet contented with humble delighte : 
*^ Thus many longe winters nowe have I beene 
** The fillye bHnde beggar of Bednall-greene. 

" And* here, noble lordes, is ended the fonge 
** Of one, that once to your owne ranke did belong : 
** And thus havt you learned a fecrette from mee, 115 
" That ne'er had beene knowne, but for prettye Befsee/* 

Now when the faire companye cverye one. 

Had heard the ftrange tale in the fong he had (howne. 

They all were amazed, as well they might bee. 

Both at the blind beggar, and prettye Befsee. 1 20 

With that the fweete maiden they all did embrace. 
Saying, Sure thou art come of an honourable race. 
Thy father likewife is of noble degree. 
And diou art right worthye a ladye to bee. 

• 
Thus was the feaft ended with joye, and delighte, 125 
A bridegroome moft happye then was the yong knightc, 
-In joye and felicitie long lived hee, 
AH with his faire ladye, the prettye Befsee. 



I70 ANCI EN T S QNG* 



THE STURDY ROCK. 

This pom^ fuhfcrilii Af. T. [perhaps imv&ititf fir 
T. Marflfoll^,] is preferred in the The Parmii/e tf eUundi 
iewfest quoted above inpag. i^O,-^The tnm fitfifiawxM 
muff be found accouf anted *with mufical notes in ** An hewrti 
recreation in muficie^ Hc^ " by Richard AUfin^ Lend. l6o6» 
^0. :^ ufuallj bound up tvith 3 or \ fete of** Madrigds 
Jet to mufic fy Tho. Weelkes. Lond. 1597* l6oo« 16089 4/^." 
One of thefe madrigals is fo compUat an exampU of the Bo- 
thost that I cannot forbear prefenting it to tbereeultr. 

ThuUy the period of cofinographiif 

Doth 'vaunt of Heclot iahofe fulphurious fir^ 

Doth melt the frozen clime^ and thanjo theftig^ 
Trinacrtan jEtnas flames afandmt hier: 

Thefe things feeme won^ouSfjet mnri I, 

Whofe hart wit hf core doth freitUt nenth hw dotbfiy 

The Andelufian merchant ^ that returnee 

Laden *with cutchinele and china difiest 
Reports in Spaine, howflrangefy Fogo burner 

Amidft an ocean full of flying fl/hes : 
Tbeje things feeme <wondrouSf yet more ivondrous f, 
Whofe hart <withfeate doth freeze^ nvith love doth fry* 

* 

Mr. Weelkes feems to have been of opinion nnith many of Ifi^ 
brethren of later times, that nonfenfe was befl adapted to if 
flay the po*wers of mufical compofure* 

THE 



* Ttd^ Men, Cbcon.p^rsv* 31^* 



A N D B A t L A D S- 171 

THE ftardy rock for all his ftrength 
By raging Teas is rent in twaine : 
The marble ftone is pearft at length. 
With little drops of drizling rain : 
The oxe doth yeeld unto the yoke, 5 

The fteele obeyeth the hammer ftroke. 

The ftately flagge, that leemes fo ftout. 

By yalping hoands at bay is fet : 
The fwifteft bird, that flies about. 

Is caught at length in fowlers net : lo 

The greater filh, in deepeft brooke. 
Is foone deceived by fubtill hooke* 

Yea man himfelfe, unto whofe will 

All thinges are bounden to obey. 
For all his wit and worthie ikill, 15 

Doth fade at length, and fall away. 
There is nothing but time doeth wafte ; 
The heavens, the earth confume at laA* 



a« 



But vertue fits triumplung fiiH 

Upon the throne of glorious fame : 
Though fpiteful death mans body kill, . 

Yet hurts he not his vertuous name ; 
By life or death what fo betides. 
The ftatc of vertue never Aides, 

X. YOU NO 



I 
I 



lyi ANCIENT SONGS 



YOUNG WATERS. 
A Scottish Ballad. 

l^his *very ancient pam is giifi9 fr^nt a cof^ printed f^t 
kng fince at Glajfow, in 9ne Jbeet 8<zf6. The ivorU is in- 
debted for its ptmication to the lady yean Hnme, fifter to thi 
tori of HunUf tuho dyed lately at Gibraher, 

ABOUT Zule, quhen the wind blew cole^ 
And the round tables began^ 
A' ! there is cum to our kings court 
Mony a well«favourd man. 

The queen luikt owre the caftle wa^ 5 

Beheld baith dale and down. 
And then ihe faw zoung Waters 

Cum riding to the town. 

His footmen they did rin before^ 

His horiemen rade behind, 10 

And mantel of the burning gowd 

Did keip him frae the wind. 

Gowdes 



A N D B A L L A D S^ 173 

■ 

.Gcwden grakh'd bis horfe before 

And filler ihod behind^ 
The horfe zoung Waters rade opoa 1 5 

Was fleeter th^ jdie wind. 

But then (pake a wflie iprd^ 

Unto the queen faid he, 
D tell me qhaa's the fairefl face 

Rides in the company* ^ 

IVe fene lord, and Fveiene Uitdp 

And knights of high degree ; 
Bot a furer face than zoung Waters 

Mine eyne did never fde. 

Ourthen fpaek the jealous kkig, 25 

(And an angry man *was he) 
O, if he had been twice as hie, 

Zou micht have ex^pted me. 

Zou're neither laird nor lord flie iays, 

Bot the king that wears the crown ; 39 

Theri& not a knight in fair Scotland 

But to thee maun bow down. 

For a' that ihe could do or fay^ 

Appeasd he wad nae bee ; 
Bot for -the words which fhe had faid 35; 

Zoung Waters he maun dee. 

They 



174 ANCIENT SONGS 

They hae taen zoang Waters; and 

Put fetters to his feet ; 
They hae taen zoatrg Waters, and 

Thrown him in dangeon deep. • 

Aft I have ridden thro' Stirling town 
In the wind bot and the weit ; 
' Bot I neir rade thro' Stirling town 
Wi fetters at my feet. 

Aft I have ridden thro' Stirling town ff 

In the wind bot and the rain ; 
Bot I neir rade thro' Stirling town 

Neir to return again. 

They hae taen to the heiding hill 

His zoung fob in his craddle, 
And they hae taen to the heiding hill. 

His horfci bot said his faddle. 

They hae taen to the heiding hill 

His lady fair to fee« 
And for the words die queen had fpoke, 

Zoong Waters he did dee. SS 



XII. FANCT 



A N D S A t L A 1) S. 175 



XI, 

FANCY AND DESIRE: 

By the barl of Oxford. 

Edward Fere earl of Oxford <was in high fame for his 

poetical talents in the reign of Eliscahetb : perhaps it is no 

injury to bis reputation that ffw of bis eompofitions are pre' 

/erved for t^e inJpe3ion of impartial pofterity. To gratify 

imrio/ityt *f^ bave inferted afonnet of bis^ ivbicb is quoted 

nmtfo great encomiums for its *' excellencie and tvity^* in Puf^ 

ienbam^s Arte of Eng, Poefie*y and found intire in tbe Gar* 

land of Good-iJuiiL Jfeiu more of bis finnets ( diftinguifhed by 

jfhe initial letters E. O.J may befeen in tbeParadife ofOmntio 

be^ifes. One of tbefe is intitled, *' The ConsfMi^ef a 

" Lover, ^wearing blacke and ta*wnie.** TbepaklkKS in if 

ivortb notice are tbejep 

\ 

I 

A crowne of bales fhall that man * beare* 

Who triumphs over me ; 
For black and tawnie will I weare^ 

Which mourning colours be. 

We find in HalVs Chronicle, that *wben ^ Catharine of 
Arragon dyed Jan. 8, 1536 ; ** Sli^^ne Anne \Bulleti\ nuare 
** Y B L O W B for the mourning, '! A^d 'when this unfortunate 
priftcefs loft her head May 19, the f ami year, ** on the afcen- 
* * cion day follo^Ming, the kyngfor moyming ^ware w H Y t e ,'• 
fol 227, 228. 

Ednvard^ 

* Loud, 15S9 p. 17s. 



176 ANCIENT SONGS 

Ednuard^ wjho ^as the XVllth earl of Oxford of tht 
family of Vere, fucceeded his father in his title and honem 
in 1 562, and died an aged man in 1604* See Air. IfalfQlit 
Noble Authors : Ath. Ox. 

COME hither fhepherd's fwaync ? 
" Sir, what do you require ? " 
I praye thee, ftiewe to me thy name. 
** My Dameis FOifD desire.'* 

When wert thou borne, Defire .^ 5 

** In pompe and pryme of may." 

By whom, fweet boy, wert thou begot ? 
" By fond Conceit men fay.'* , 

Tell me, who was thy nurfe ? 

" Freih Youth in fugred joy." ii 

What was thy meate and dayly foode ? 

" Sad fighes with great annoy,** 

What hadft thoti then to drinke ? 

** Unfavoury lovers teares.'* 
What cradle wert thou rocked in ? 15 

** In hope devoyde of feares.** 



What lulld thee then afleepe ? 

«* Sweete fpeech, which likes me beft,'* 
Tell me, where is thy dwelling place ? 

^< In gentle hartcs I reft." 20 

What 



AND BALLADS. 177 

l^hat thing doth pleaft thee mod- ? 

«« To gaze on beautye ftille." 
Whom dofi: thou thinke to be thy fcie ? 

«« Difdayn of my good wille.** 

Doth companye difpleafe ? ij 

** Yea, furelyc, many one." 
Where doth Deiire delight to live ? 

" He loves to live alone;" 

Doth either tyme or age 

Bringe him unto decaye ? ^m 

^* N09 no, Defire both lives and dyes 

<< Ten thoufand times a daye.'* 

Then, fond Defire, farewelle. 

Thou art no mate for mee ; 
I fhould be lothe/ methinkes^ to dweU# 3^ 

With fuch a one as thee. 



SIR ANDREW BARTON. 

/ coimot gi*ve a better relation of thefaSf nubich is tki 
fukje3 of the folhwiing ballad^ than in an extra3 from a 
*very elegant work lately offeted to the fMic. See Mr, Gw 
tbriis New Peerage. Ato. Fol, I. /. a 2. 

Vol.. II. M « The 



178 ANCIENT SONGS 

*' The tran/aSion avJhieh £d tbe grnuefi boaaur U tie iorl 
tf Surrey • and hisfamlj a^ this timi i^*J>n 15I1I.] was 
their heha*viour in the cf^f^ of Barfen^ a Scotch feaafficer, 
This gentleman* s father halving fuffered byfea from the For* 
tugue/e, he had obtained letters of snarquefiir his ftmjms to 
make reprifals upon the fubjeSs of Portugal, It is extrmtlj 
frcbable^ that the court of Scotland granted thefe letters with 
no very honeft intention. The council board of England, 
at ivhich the earl of ourrey held the chief fdacBy 'was dailj 
feftered tvith complaints from tbefailors and nurchmts, that 
Barton, nvho wjas callei/Sir jindrev Barton^ under fretena 
of fearching for Portugue/e goods f interrupted the Englijh na- 
'ligation. Henrys Jituation at that time rendered him hoch 
%vardfrom breaking ivith Scotland; fo tbut, their cePtplaints 
Wfere hut coldly receitved. The e^rl of^r,f^ hji^ever, coald 
not /mother his, ifidignation, but galkint^ declare^ at tht 
council boardj that ivhile he had an eftate that could furnifi 
out afhipy or afon that noas capahk of cotnmanding oue^ tbt 
narrow feas jhould not be infejled, 

** Sir Andrenjj Barton^ m)ha commcfndfd t^e tmqp Scotch 
JhipSt had the r^utation of being one of the abUfl fea-oj^ctn 
of his time. By his depredations, he had amaffed greet 
n^ealthj and his Jbipi vueri nftry vick^ hden, Hettfy, not- 
Hnithftanding his ftuatioUf could not refufe the generous of if 
made by the earl of Surrey. Tnmfijips luere immediately fttei 
cut, and put to fea ivith letters of marque, under his Mi* 
fons. Sir Thomas f and Sir Edward Howard,. After ir 
counterbig a great deal of foul ^weather. Sir Thomas cent 
up ^with the Lion, fwhich *was commanded by Sir Aniri^ 
Barton inperfon ; and Sir Edw(ird came up ivith the Uniw^ 
Bartons other Jhip^ {called by Hall, the bark of Scotlanl] 
The engagemfnt which enfued was e:ctremily obfthutte on heto 
Jides ; but at laft the fortune of the Honvards preifailed, Sir 
Andre^tf av«« killed fighting hra<vely^ and ^couraging his 

* Aftenvards created Duke of Norfolk. 
. . t Called by eld hifiorians lord Howard^ e^ftervJMrds crifiiti 
ead of Surr^ in bis father* s Ijfe'time. 



AND BALLADS. 179 

men n^Dtth his nufhifile^ t9 holdout to the lafi; and the two 
-Scotch fifips 'With their crews 9 'were carried i/tto the fiver 
Thames^. [Aug. Z, 1511*} 

** This exploit had the more merit, Ot the two Snglifi 
commanders ijoere in a manner 'volunteers in the/ervice^ ty 
their fathet's order » But itfeems to hanfe laid the foundation 
of Sir Edward's for t$tne\ for on the jth of April, 1512, 
the king confiituted him (according to DugdaieJ admiral of 
England^ PTaks^ l^c, 

" King Janus ^ infified^ upon fatisfa^ion for tho death of 
Barton y and capture of his Jhip : * tho* Henry had generoufy 
difmiffed the crenus, and etfen agreed that the parties accufed 
might appear in his courts of admiralty by their attornies^ 
to *vindicate themfel<ves** This affair fwas in a great rnea* 
fure the caufe of the battle of Flodden, in which y antes IF. 
iofi his life. 

IN the following ballad 'will bt found pirhaptfomt few de^ 
nfiations from the truth of hifiory : to attonefor 'which it has 
probably recorded many lej/er fa^s^ ivhich hiftory hath not 
condefcended to relate, I tah many of the little circumflances 
of tbeftory to be real* becattfe I find one of the moft unlikely 
to bf not 'very remote from the truth. In Pt, Z. <z;. 156. /> it 
/aid J that England had before ^* but tijuo Jhips of 'war^^ 
Now /i&tfC&EATHARRY had been built but fe^eny ears before^ 
vise, in 150^: Hvhich " ^was properly fpeaking the firfi Jhip in 
** the Englijh na^* Before this period^ nvhen the prince 
" wanted a fleets he had no other expedient bJf hiring pips 
** from the merchants.^* Hume, 

The follotving copy (fwhich is gifvenfrom the Editor's folio 
Ms. andfeems to have been 'written early in the reign of Eli» 
tuibethj iviU be found greatly fuperior to the 'vulgar ballad^ 
'ivbich is evidently modernized and abridged from it. Some 
few deficiences are hotucver fuf plied from a black-letter copy 
*/ tbe latter in the Pepys colleSiion, 

U% T H K 



I 



i8o ANCIENT SONGS 

Th8 pirst Part. 

* ¥ T THEN Flora with her fragrant flowers 

' W < Bedeckt the earth fo trim and gayc, 

• And Neptune with his daintye (holers 

« Came to prefent the monthe of Maye ; * * 
King Henr^e rode to take the ayre, J 

Over the river 6f '^ames paft hee ; 
When eighty merchants of London came, 

And downe they knelt npon their knee. 

«« O yee are welcome rich merchants ; 

Good faylors, welcome unto me.*' '• 

They fwore by the rood, they were faylors good, 

But rich merchants they colde not bee : 
«* To France, nor p'landers dare we pafs ; 

Nor Bourdcaux voyage dare we fare ; . 
And all for a rover, that lyes on the (eas, 15 

Who robbs us of our merchant ware." 

King Henryc frownd, and turned him rounde, 
And fwore by the Lord, that was mickle ofmg^^t 

** I thought he had not been in the world, 

Durft have wrought England fuch unright." 21 

The merchants fighed, and faid, alas ! 
'# And thus they did theire anfwer frame, 

Hee is a proud Scott, that robbes on the feas, 

And Sir Andre we Barton is his name. 

The 

• From tbepr, co^» 



AND BALLADS. i8.i 

« 

The king lookt over his left fhoulder, 25 

And an aogrye looke then looked hee : 
** Have I never a lorde in all my realme» 

Will fetch yond tray tor unto mee ? " 
Yea, that dare I ; lord Howard fayes. 

Yea, that dare I with heart and hand ; 30 

If it pleaie your grace to give me leave, 

Myfelfe wil be the oi^ly man. 

Thou art but yong ; the king replyed : 

Yond Scott hath numbred manye a yeare, 
" Truft me, my liege, lie make him quail, 35 

Or before my prince I will never appeare."; 
Then bowemeo and gunners thou (halt have. 

And chufe them over my realme fo friee ; 
Beiides good mariners, and fhipp-Jboyes, 

To guide the great ihipp on the fea^ 40 

The firfl man, that lord Howard chofe, 

Was the ablefi gunner in all the rea'me, 
Thoughe he was threefcore yeeres and tei^ ; 

Good Peter Simon was his name. 
Peter, fayd he, I muft to the fea, 45 

To bring home a tray tor live or dead : 
Before all others I have chofen thee ; 

Of a hundred gunners to jse head. 

M 3 If 



i82 ANCIENT SONGS 

If you, my lord» have chofim me 

Of a hundred gunners to be head, jo 

Then hang me up on your raaine-fluft tntt 

If I miile my mafke one Jhiiting bnad'tk. 
My lord then chofe a boweman rare, 

« Whofe a^ive hands had gained fanne,' * 
In Ycrrkfhire he was a gentleman 1>ome^ 5{ 

And William Horfeley was his name. 

Horfeley, fayd he, I mtlft with fpeede 

Go feeke a tray tor on thefea, 
And now of a hundred bowemen brave 

To be the head F have chofen thee. ^ 

If you, quoth hee, have cho6n mee 

Of a hundred bowemen to be head ; 
On your msdne^maft lie hanged bee. 

If I Toib twelveicore one penny bread'd. 

With pikes, and gunnes, and bowemen bold, ^{ 

The noble Howard is gone to the lea; 
With a valyant heart and a pleafant cheare, 

Out at Thames mouth fayled he. 
And days he fcant had iky led three. 

Upon the « voyage ', he tooke in hand, 7* 

' 3at there he met with a noble fliipp. 

And fioutly made itt ilay and ftand. 



Ttoo 



• From the fr, cofy. 



AND B ALL A DS. 183 

Thoa ttvft t«n iii«, loM Howard &yei. 

Now who l^Oa arty ktA Whats thy naiAes 
And fhewe me y/ks!te ^7 dwelUng i$ : 75 

And whiftve^ bDUUd» tod w)i!6iice th^ done* 
My naiAe is Henryt Huht» qvdA h^ 

With a heavye heart> and a cai«fall Jiltihd ; 
I and Ikiy (hi^ doe both Itelong 

To the Nc Wc^e^ ttiat ftaAds Upm Tyxie. So 

Haft thou A6t heard, HOW* Uenrye Hunt, 

As diOtt haft layled by dajre and by night. 
Of a Scottiih rover oA thefeas ; 

Men call him ftr Andrew Baiton knight ? 
Than ever he fighed, and fayd alas ! 85 

With a grieted xAi^d, and well aWay ! 
Bat over-well I knowe that wight, 

I was his prifener yefierday . 

I 

As I was fajrling nipoA the lea^ 

A BtU-deaax voyage for to fare.; 90 

To his arch-borde* he clafped me^ 

And robd me of all my merchant ware 3 
And mickle debti, God ^ot> I owe^ 

And every man will have his owne ; 
And I am howe to London bonnde, 95 

Of our gracious king to beg a boonl;, 

M 4 Yoa 

• Tethz^ Hatcb-horJtt 



i«4 ANCIENT SONGS 

You (hall not need, lord Howard iayes ; 

Lett me but once that robber fee* 
For every penny tane thee fipe 

It (hall be doabled (hillings three. ipf 

Nowe God forelend, the merchjant (ayes, 

Tbat you (hold feek foe far amiiTe ! 
God keepe you out o' that traitors handes ! 

Full litjie ye wp.tt what a man h^ is. 

He is bra(re within, and ft.eele without, ic^ 

With beames on his topca(Ue firoAge ; 
And thirtye pieces of ordinance 

He canies on each fide alonge ; 
And he hath a pinnace deerlye dight» 

St. And^ewes crofle itt is his guide ; f 19 

^is pinnace beareth ninefcore me|i. 

And fifteen canons on each fide. 

Were yer twenty? ^ippe^» and he but one ; 

I fweare by kirke, and bower, and hall ; 
He wold orjBCome them every one, ii$ 

If once his beames .they dpe downe fall. 
This IS cold comfort, fayes my lord. 

To welcome a drauger on the fea ; 
Yett He bring him, and has (hipp to (hore, 

Or (Q Scotland he (hall carrye mee. MP 



Then 



A N D B A L L A D S. 185 

^ben a noble gunner you mail have, 
. And he mail aim well.with his ee. 
And fioke his pinnace in the fea. 

Or eliejbe ne'er orecome will be: 
And if yon chance his ibipp to borde, 125 

This coanfel I muft give wijthall. 
Let no man to his topcaflle goe 

To fkuva (Q let lu9 bKsaipes dpwn^ fal}. 

And ^ven pieces of ordinance^ 

I pray your honour lend to m^^ i J9 

^On each^de of my ihipp along. 

And I will le^d yQU on the iea. 
A glaiTe He fett, .that may be (eene^ 

Whether you fay let by day or night; 
And to-morrowe, I fweare,by nine of the clocke i^j 

You 4^aU fee Sir Andrewe Barton knight. 



The second Part. 



TH E merchant fett my lorc'e a glafFe 
Soe well apparent in his fight^ 



A^ 



lit ANCIENT SONGS 

And on th* ai6rtMre^ by mne of A*«iack^ 
He ihewd kim Sir AndreweBtetM kiugkt 

His hatchbordeit was 'gilt* mtkgoldv 5 

Soe deerly« digktit^aaikd tlwee» 

Nowe by my &ith> lord Howarde (ay% 
Tkb is a galbat light to ice. 

Take in y0ar ftncyencs, taftdftrdt eto. 

So doie that no man may them fee ; 10 

And pttt me forth a white wiUowe wttdd^ 

As merckttits afe that fayle tht iciu 
But they ftirred neither tof , n6r tm^^ 

Stoutly they pdift Sir Afidrew by. 
What EngHfii chuHes ive yondte» ht ftyd^ ij 

That can foe Kttle curtefye ? 

Kow by the roode, Aree yedUfet and molt 

Ihavebeene admirall over the lea ; 
And never an Englifii nor Pordngall 

Without my leave can pafle this way« - K) 
Then called he Ibrth his ftout pinnace ; 

^ F^tch backe yond pedlars i|owe to mee: 
J fweare by the mafle, yon Englilk churles 

Shall all hang at my maine-maft tree. 

Witk 



r. 5. « hatched with gold/ 10. 



AMD BALLADE. fV/ 

With that the pintoceltt Ihott off, 2| 

Full well lord Howanl might it kea ; 
for it ftrake downe his fore-maft tree. 

And killed fourteen of his men. 
Come hidier, Simon, fayes my lord^ 

Looke that thy word doe ftand in fkead ; 39 

Tor at my maine-maft thou ihalt hang, 

If dioa mifle dty marke ^oae ihilfing bread*ch% 

Simon was old, bnt his heart wai bolde. 

His ordinance he laid right lowe ; 
He pot in diaine fuH nine yardes long, j j 

With other great fliott lefTe, and moe ; 
And he lett goc his great gnnnes ihott ; 

Soe well he fetded itt with his ee, 
The firft fight that Sir Andrewe fawe, 

He fawe his pinnace fnnke i' the iea. 49 

And when hee fawe his pinnace fanke. 

Lord, how his heart with rage did fwell ! 
'' Nowe cutt my ropes, itt is time to be gon | 

He fetch yond pedlars backe myfel." 
When my lord £iwe Sir Andrewe loofe, 4J 

Within his heart hee was full fame : 
<< Nowe fpread your ancyents, (Irlke ap dnimmesp 

Sound all your trampetts out amaine.'^ 

Fight 



1 



m ANCIENT SONGS 

Fight oily my men. Sir Andrewe fayes, 

Wejtfc howfocvcr thb geen will fway $ 5* 

Itt is my, lord admirall of England, 

Is come to feeke meeon the fea. 
^Simon had a ionne, who ihott right well, 

Th%t did Sir Andrewe mickle icare ; 
In att h|s decke he gave a (hott, 55 

Killed threefdore of hie ^en of warre. 

■» 
Then Henrye Hunt with rigour hott 

Came bravely on the other fide, 
Soone he drove downe his fore-maft tree, 

Ai^d killed foarfcorc men befide. 5o 

Nowe, out alas ! Sir Andrew cryed. 

What may a man now thinke, or fay ? 
Yonder x)ierchant theefe, that pierceth mee, 

He was my prisoner yeHerd^y,. 

Come hither to me, thou Gordon good, H 

That aye waft readye at my call ; 
I will give thee three hundred markes, 

' If thou wilt let my beames downe fall^ 
Lord Howard hee then calld in haftc, 

*« Horfeley fee thou be true in ftead ; 7* 

For thou ihalt at the mdne-maft hang. 

If tJiQu miflSe twclvefcore one penny bread'th. 



Th« 



AND BALLADS. 189 

Th^ Gordon fwanrd themsdne-mail tree. 

He fwarved it with might and maine $ 
But Horfelef with a bearing arrowe, 75 

Stroke the Gordon through the braine ; 
And he fell downe to the hatches again. 

And fore his deadlye wounde did bleed : 
Then word went through Sir Andrews meny 

How that the Gordon he was dead. 80 

Come hither to mee, James Hambilton» 

TJiou art my only fillers fonne. 
If thou wilt let my beames downe fall. 

Six hundred nobles thou hail wonne« 
With that he fwarvd the maine-maft tree, 85 

He fwarved it with nimble art ; 
But Horfeley with a broad arrdwe 

Pierced the Hambilton thorough the heart : 

And downe he fell upon the deck. 

That with his blood did flreame amaine : 90 

Then every Scott cryed. Well -away ! 

Alas a comelye youth is (laine ! 
All woe-begone was Sir Andrew then. 

With griefe and rage his heart did fwell : 
** Go fetch me forth my armour of proofe, 95 

For I will to the topcaftle myfel.'' 

« Goc 



l^a ANCIERT SONGS 

" Goe fetch me foith my armour of prooft. 

That gilded is with gold fi>e ck»e : 
God be with my brother John of Barton ! 

Againft the Portingals hee it ware ; loo 

And when he had on this armofir of proofcy 

He was a gallant fight to fee, 
Ah ! nere didft thou meet with living wt^t. 

My deere brother, ooold cope with thee," 

C'^m^ hither Horieley, fays my lord, icj 

And looke to your (haft that it goe Tight, 
IShoQt a good ihoote in time of need, 

Apd for it thoi^ fhs^lt be made a knight. 
lie (hoot my beft» quoth Horfeley then. 

Your honour ih^t fee, withmight and maine, no 
But if I were hangd at your maine-maft treei 

I have now left but surow^ twain^^ 

Sir Andrew he did fwarve the tree. 

With right good will he fwarved theQ t 
Upon his breail did Horfdey hitt, il) 

But the arrow bounded back ^gen. 
Then Horfeley fpyed ^ privye place 

With a perfed eye in a fecrette part ; 
Under the fpole of his right arme 

He ffnote Sir Andrew to the heart* 120 



ANDBAI.LAPS. i^i 

M Fi^ op, vfff m^Q, Sic Andrew &)res» 

A little Ifn^ lutft» but yeu not flaiuQ i 
He bat lye dowse «nd bleede a while» 

And ijMeA. \k rife and fight againe. 
«« Fight on, mf ««JH Sm' Andrew fayes» laj 

And nevf r ili^cbe before the foe ; 
And imi.W^ b^ 9t. Andrewea croife 

Untill yoo bcaif? ipy whiiUe blowe/' 

They nww hwd W? wWftl« Wow, 

Which m^tbeif hearts waxeibreadread: 130 
TheSL Horfeky &yd» Aboard, my lord. 

For well I.wott Sir Aiidrew's dead. 
They bmnlfid then hit. ^oble Ihipp, 

They bearded it with might and maioe ; 
Eighteen fcorc Scottd idive they found, I } f 

The reft:wei«idther siaund or fl^e. 

Lord Howard took? a fword in hauid« 

And off he fmote Sir Andrewei bead $ 
«« I mail ha' left England n%aay a daye. 

If thovwert alive as thou art dead/* I40 

jEIie caaftdlus bodye to be caA 

Over the hatchborde into the Tea* 
Apd about his middle three handred crownes : 

*f Wberrv«r tfioii land this will burye theC' 

ThiM 



191 A N e t £ N t S ff G S 

Thus from the warres lord Howard came/ 145 
And backe he fayled ore the maine. 

With mickle joy and triumphing 
Into Thames mouth he came againe. 

Lord Howard then a letter wrote. 

And iealed it with feale and ring ; 159 

" Such 3L noble prize have I brought to your graces 

As never did fubjedk to a king, 

« 

** Sir Andrewes (hipp I bring with mee 9 

A braver ihipp was never none : 
Nowe hath your grace two fhipps of wa^re^ 15J 

Before in England was but one." 
King Henryes grace with royall cheere 

Welcomed the noble Howard home^ 
And where, faid he, is this rover flout 3 

That I myfelfe may give the doome ? i^ 

•* The rover, he is fefc, my leige. 

Full many a fadom in the fea ; 
If he were alive, as he is dead, 

I muft ha^ left England many a day : 
And your grace may thank four men i' the ihip l^) 

For the viftory wee have wonne, 
Thcfe are William Horfeley, Henry Hunt, 

And Peter Simon, and his fonne*'* ' 



T# 



AND BALLADS. 



193 



To Henry Hont, the king then fayd. 

In lien of what was horn thee tane, lyo 

A noble a day thou (halt have. 

With Sir Andrewes jewels and his chayne.** 
And Horfeley thou ihalt be a knight. 

And lands and livings ihalt have ftore ; 
Howard ihall be earl Surrye hight, 1 8a 

As Howards erft have beene before* 

Nowe, Peter Simon, thou art old, 

I will maintaine thee and thy ibnne : 
And the men fliall have £ve hundred market 

For the good (ervice they have done. i8^ 

Then in came the queene with ladyes fair 

To fee Sir Andrewe Barton knight : 
They weend that hee were brought on (hore. 

And thought to have feen a gallant fight. 

Sut when they iee his deadlye face, 199 

And eyes foe hollowe in his head, 
I wold give, quoth the king, a thouiand markes, ' 

This man were alive as he is dead : 
Yet for the manfull part he playd. 

Which fought foe well with heart and hand, 195 
His men (hall have twelvepence a day. 

Till they come to my brother kings high land. 



Vol. IL N XIII. LADY 



194 ANCIENT SONGS 



XIII. 

LADY BOTHWELL's LAMENT, 

A Scottish So it g, 

•— refers^ I prefumCy to the affeSling ftory of lady Jen 
Gordon^ fifter to the earl of Huntley, This lady bad bun 
married but fix months to James Hepburn earl of Bothnvellt 
*when that nobleman concein/ed an ambitious defign of marry' 
ing his fo^veriign Mary queen of Scots : to acccmflijh 'which, 
^monsr other ^violent meafures hefuedout a di^vorce from hit 
laiuful bride y the lady fean. This fuit ivas driven fif' 
<ward twith Juch indecent precipitation^ that the procefs *was 
begun and ended in four days^ [in May I567.] and his lijift, 
nvho *was a ivoman of merit, dri'venfrom his bed, upon iht 
moft trivial and fcandalous pretences. See Robert/on, — 
Hi ftory isfilent as to this lady having a child by him^ but thai 
might be accounted for by fuppofing it dyed, 

Afier alii perhaps this ftory is mif applied here^ and indeed 
is hardly confiftent nuith the laftftanxa. In the Editor^ sfih 
MS. nvhencethisfong is printed, it isfimplyintitled'^k'LO'iiV' 
and in the copy given by Allan Ramfey in bis Tea-tablt Mif- 
cellany, (v)hich contains many modern additions) it is cedkii 
*' Lady Anne BothnueWs Lament. 



B A LOW, my babe, ly ftil and fleipe ! 
It grieves me fair to fee thee wcipe : 
If thouft be filent, Ife be glad. 
Thy maining maks xny heart ful fad. 

Balow, 



AND BALLADS. 1^5 

Balowy my boy, thy mithers joy, ^ 

Thy father Weides me great annoy. 

Balowy my babe, ly flil and fleipe. 

It greives me fair to Use weipe. 

Whan hfi beg^n to court my lave. 

And with his fugrcd wordes to muve, if 

His faynings fals, and flattering chcirc 

To me that time did nat appeire: 

But now I fee, moft cruell hee 

Cares neither for my babe, nor mee. 

Balow, See. tf 

Ly ftil, my darling, fleipe a while. 
And whan thou wakeft, fweitly fmile : 
Butfmilenat, as thy father did. 
To cozen maids : nay God forbid ! 
Bot yett I feire, thou wilt gae neire |q 

Thy fatheris hart, and face to bei!re. 

Balow, &c, 

I cannae thuie, but ever wil 

Be luving to thy father ftil : 

Whair-eir he gaes, whair-eir heryde, 25 

My luve with him maun ilil abyde : 

In weil or wae, whair-eir he gae. 

Mine hart can neire depart him frae, 

Balow, &c. 
N 2 . Bot 



196 ANCIENT SONGS 

Bot doc nat, doc nat, prcttie mkic, 3^ 

To faynings fala thine hart incline ; 
Be loyal to thy luver trcw. 
And nevir change hir for a new ; 
If gude or faire, of hir hae care. 
For womcns banning's wondcrous fair. 35 

Balow, &c« 

Bairne, fin thy cruel father is gane, 

Thy .winfome fmifes mauft eife my paine; 

My babe and I'll together live. 

He'll comfort me whan cares doc greive : 4° 

My babe and I right faft will ly. 

And quite forgeit man's cruelty. 

Bak>w> &c. 

Farewell, farewell, thou falfeft youth. 

That evir kill a womans mouth ! 45 

I wifli all maides be warnd by mee 

Nevir to truft mans curtefy ; 

For if we doe bot chance to bow, 

They'le ufe us than they care nae how. 

Balow, my babe, ly ftil, and (leipe, 5° 

It greives mc fair to fee thee weipe. 



XIV. Tiff 



A N P B A L L A D S. 197 



XIV. 
THE MURDER OF THE KING OF SCOTS. 

Tbi catafiropht of Henry Stenvart^ lord Darnley, the un» 
fortunate hufband of Maty ^ of Scots ^ a the/ubjeS of this 
baUeidn It is here related in that partial imperfed manner^ 
in nuhicb fucb an extent nvould naturally ftrike thefubje3s of 
another kingdom ; of nuhich he ijjas a nqtive. Henry ap^ 
pears to ha've been a vain capricious vjorthlefi young 
man^ of tveak underftanding^ etnd diffolute morals* But the 
beauty of his perfouy and thf inexperience of his youths niuould 
difpofe mankind to treat him *with an indulgence^ ichich the 
cruelty of his murder 'would afier^wards convert into the moft 
tender pity and regret : and then imagination fwould not fail 
to adorn his memory woith all thofe virtues^ he ought to haive 
pojfejfed^ This njuill account for the extravagant elogium be^ 
jio^wed upon him in thefirftftanxa^ fcfr, 

Henry lord Darnley ^ tvas eldeft fon of the earl of Lennox^ 
by the lady Margaret Douglas^ niece of Henry Fill, and 
daughter of Margaret queen of Scotland by the earl of An- 
gusy nvhom that prince/s married after the death of James 
IF,^^Darnlty, *who had been born and educated in England ^ 
nvas but in his 2 ij} year^ luhen he ivas married Feb. 9^ 
1 5 67 - 8 . Thfs crime vjas perpetrated by the E. of Both-well^ 
not out ofrefpeSt to the memory of David Riccio^ but in ordet 
to pave thevoayfoT his ovjn marriage vuith the queen. 

This ballad (printed from the Editor's folio MS.J/f^rH 
to have been ^written foon after Mary's efcape into England 

in 1568, fee a;. 6 5 . // vjill be remembered at v. s . that 

lift's prince/s voas ^ dovjager of France^ having beenfrjt 
married to Frauds II, nvbo died Dee. 4. IC^Of. 

N 3 Wa 



tgS ANCIENT SONGS 

WOE worth, woe worth thee, falfe Scotlande ! 
For thou haft ever wrought by fleighte; 
The worthyeft prince that ever was borne^ 
You hanged under a cloud by night. 

The queene of France a letter wrote, 5 

^And fealed it whhharte and ringe | 
And bade him come Scotland within, 
. ^ndihee wold marry and crowne him kinge. 

To be a king is a plea(ant things 

To be a prince unto a peere : 19 

But you have heard, and foe have J, 

A man may well buy ^Id too dearc. ' 

There was an Italyan in that place. 

Was as well beloved as ever was hcc, 
And David Riccio was his name, l$ 

. Chamberlaine to the queene was hee* 

If the king had rifen forth of his place, 
Hce wold have fate him downe i* th' chaire. 

Although it befeemed him not fo well, 

And though the kinge were prefent there. ^* 

Some lords in Scotlande waxed wroth. 
And quarrelled with him for the nonce ; 

And I Ihall tell how it befell. 
Twelve daggers w«re in him att Qnce. . 

' WW 



AND B A L L A D S4 199 

When the queene ihee faw her chamberlaine flainc 25 

For him her faire cheeks fhee did weete» 
And made a vqwc for a yeare and a day 

The king and (hee wold not come in one fheete. 

Then fome of the lords they waxed wroth. 

And made their vow all vehementlye ; 30 

That for the death of the chamberlaine. 
How hee, the king himfelfe (holde dye. 

With gun-powder they ftrewed his roome. 

And layd greene rufhes in his waye ; 
For the^ traitors thought that very night JS 

This worthye king for to bctraye. 

To bedd the king he made him bowne ^ 

To take his reft was his defire ; 
He was noc fooner caft on fleepe. 

But his chamber was on a blafmg fire, 4« 

Up he lope, and the window brake. 

And hee had thirtye foote to fall ; 
Lord Bodwell kept a privy watch, 

Al) underneath the caftle wall. 

Who have we here ? lord Bodwell fayd : 45 

Now anfwer me, that I may know. 
" King Henry the eighth my uncle was ; 

For his fwecte fake fome pitty fliow." 

N 4^ Who 



160 ANCIENT SONGS 

Who have we here ? lord Bod well iayd. 

Now anfwer me when I doe ipeake. 50 

'< Ahy lord Bodwell, I know thee well ; 

Some pitty on me I pray thee take.'* 

He pitty thee as much, hee fayd. 

And as much favonr ihow to thee ; 
Ai thou didft to the queenes chamberlaine> 55 

That day thou deemedft him to dye. 

Through halls and towers the king they ledd. 
Through towers and caflles that were nye* 

Through an arbor into an orchard. 
There on a peare-tree hangd him hye. 60 

When the governor of Scotland heard^ 
How that the worthye king was flaine ^ 

He perfued the queen (b bitterlye, 
That in Scotland ihee dare not renuune. 

But (he is fledd into merry England, 65 

And here her refidence hath tane ; 
And through the queene of Englands grace. 

In England now ihee doth remaine. 



XV. A. 



A N D B A L L A D S. aoi 



XV. 
A SONNET BY Q;, ELIZABETH. 

Thejollewing lines ^ if they difplay no rich wn tf poetry ^ 
ere yet Jo ftrongly charaMeriftic of their great and Jpirited 
authorefs^ that tie infertion of them ivill he pardoned. They 
are prefer<ued in Puttenham^s Arte of Eng, Poefie ; a hook in 
which are many fly addrejfes to the queen^ s foible of Jhining at 
apoetefs. The extraordinary manner in *which thefe fuerfes are 
introduced i Jbe^ws nvhat kind of homage nvas exadedfiom the 
courtly ^writers ofthofe times ^ «viz. 

** Ifind^ fays this antiquated critic^ none example in Eng" 
** It fo metre y fo well maintaining this figure [^x^gdSiVi^ or 
** the Gorgeous, Lat. Expolitio] as that dittie of her majefties 
** otvne makings pajfftngfweete and harmonically nvhich figure 
** heyng as his 'very originall name purporteth the moft he<w^ 
** tfull and gorgious of all others, it ajke}h in reafon to he 
«* referred for a laft complement, and defciphred hy a ladies 
** penne, herfelfe heyng the moft bewtifull, or rather be-wtie 
" ofqueenes^, And this *was the occafion : our fon>eraigne 
** lady percei'uing bow the Scottiftf queenes refidence tvithin 
** this realme at fo great liber tie and eafe (asiverefiarce 
** meete for fo great and dangerous a pry finer) bred Jeer et 
« faSions among her people, and made many of the nobilitie 
** incline tofanjowr her par tie : fome of them dejirous of in- 
*« no'vation in the fate : others afpirrng to greater fortunes 
by her libertie and life. The queene our fo'veraigne ladie 
to declare that ft>e nvas nothing ignorant of thofe fecret 
pra^isiis, though fife hdd long wth great nvif dome and 

** pacienci 

* Sbi was ett this time near tbree/corim 



ft 
it 



>oa A .N C I E N T . S O N G S 

«* pacience Jiffembled ity njuritetb this dittie mofi f'weeU and 
*< fententious, not hiding from all Juch afpiring minds the 
** danger of their ambition and dijloyaltie : ivhich after- 
** 'wards fell out moft truly by th* exemplary chaftifement of 
*• fundryperjonsy nvho infafvour of the f aid Sc, ^ decUning 
** from her majefliey fought to interrupt the quiet of the realme 
** by many efvill and unduti full praSixes^ 

This fonnet feem^ to ha^ve been compoffd in 1 5 69, not long 
before the D. of Norfolk ^ the earls of Pembroke and Arundel^ 
the lord Lumley^ fir Nich. ThrocmortoH, and others^ wen 
taken into cuftody. See Bume^ Rapin, l^c, — . // ivas ori- 
ginally ^written in long lines or alexandrines ^ each of fivbicb 
is here divided into tivo. 



TH E doubt of future foes 
Exiles my prefent joy. 
And wit me warnes to fhun fuch fnares. 
As threaten mine annoy. 

For falfhood now doth flow, 5 

And fubjedl faith doth ebbc. 
Which would not be if reafon rul*d,. 

Or wifdome wevM the webbe. 

But clowdes of toyes untried 

Do cloake afpiring mindes ; 10 

Which turn to raine of late repent, 
, By courfe of changed windes, . 



The 



AND BALLADS, aoj 

The toppe of hope fuppofed 

The roote of ruthe wil be ; 
And fruteleiTe all their graiFed guiles, tji 

As fhortly y&fhall fee. 

Then dazeld eyes with pride. 

Which great ambition blindes, 
Shal be unfeeld by worthy wights, 

Whofe forefight falfhoodi finds. 20 

The datighter of debate. 

That eke difcord doth fowe, 
Shal reape no gaine where forriier rule 

Hath taught flil peace to growe. 

No forreine banniftit wight 2j 

Shall ancre in this port ; 
Our realme it brookes no Grangers force. 

Let them elfewhere refort. 

Our rufty fworde with reft 

Shall firft his edge employ, 30 

Shall « quickly' poll their toppes, that feeke 

Such change, and gape for joy. 



XVL KING 



«04 ANCIENT SONOS 



XVI. 

KING OP SCOTS AND ANDREW BROWNE. 

This ballad is a protf of tht little interemtrfe that wot 
iftnveen the Scots and Englijby hefort the accejjion ofjasius /• 
to the crown of England. The tali *wbicb is bere/o circuM- 
ftantiaUy related does not appear to hawe bad the leaftfiunda- 
tion in biftoryj but nuas probably built upon fonu comfu/ed 
hearfsy report of the tumults in Scotland during the minority 
of that prince^ and of the confpiracies firmed by different fac^ 
tions to get poffejjion of his perfon. Itfiould feemfrom ver. 
102, to have been tvritten during the regency, or at Uaft be- 
fore the death, of the earl of Morton, tvho *was condemned and 
executed yun. 2. 1 58 1 ; *when y antes *was in bis i ^thyear, 

• The original copy (prefernjed in the archi*ves of the Anti- 
quarian Soeiety London J is intitled " A nevo Ballad, declar- 
'«* ing the great trea/on confpired againft the young king of 
** Scots, and how one Andre^uo Brotume an Englifb-man, 
** njohicb nvas the king's chamberlaine, pre<uenied the James 
<* To the tune of Miljfield, or eh to Qreen^fUfves.^^ At tht 
end is fubjoined the name of the cfuthor W. EtDERTON. 
« * Imprinted at London for Yarathe yames, diveUing in New" 
« gate Market , over agaififi Cb, Church f* in black letter, 
folio, 
' This Elderton, lubo bad been originally an attomry 
in theperiffs courts of London, and afterwards (if we may 
believe Oldys) a comedian, tvas a facetious fuddling comfa-^ 
fiion, whofe tippling and his rhymes rendered him fanwei 
among his contemporaries. He *was author of many popular 
fongs and baHads ; and probably other pieces in tbefe volumeu 

befiti 



i 



AND BALLADS. 



9toi 



if fj^is tht foHoiving^ mre of bis eompofing. He is h^Ueved t% 
i^a^e fallen a masiyr to his bottle before the year 1 5 92. His 
€fttapb has been recorded by Camden^ and tranjlated by Oldys^ 

Hie fitus eft fitiens, atqae ehnas Eldertonqs, 
Quid dico hu; fitus eft ? liic podus fitis eftt 

Deaddran^ here Bidertdn dotblie; 
Pead as he is, be fill is dry-z 
So of him it mey nnell be feud. 
Here be ^ bftf not Ms tbirf is faid^ 

See Stow^s Land. [GnUd-hail^'j^Biogr. Brit. [Drayton, 
iy Ol4fi^Note B!] Atb. Qx,^^ambd, Remains. -^The Exn 
4gk-^ation of 4^ amo^g Beaumont*/ fgemSf 8%w. 1653. 

* /^ tJ T 9las ! * what a griefc is this 

Vy That princes fubjeas cannot l?^ true. 
But flill the devill hath fome of his. 

Will play their parts wJmtfoever enfue; 
Forgetting what ^ grievous thing, I 

It is 10 offend die amointed kinge ? 

Alas for woe, why flipuld it be fo^ 

This fnake$ ^ forrowfu} heigh ho, 

In Scotland is % bonni^ kinge, 

As proper a youth as neede to be, Iq 

. Well given to every happy thing, 

That c^n be in a kinge to fee : 
yet that unluckie country ftill, 
H^th people given to gr^ftie wIlU 

Alas for woe, &c. i; 

Vpi, II, N 7 Qn 



\ 



%o6 A N c i £ isr *r songs 

On Whitfan <ve h fo,b^fc?l, 

A poflet ws J3Q^e>^o,\giye Jibe kUgf, 
Whereof his ladie nurfe hard tell. 

And that-it Was;^-jro)4bnea ifliing. ' 
She cryed, anti called piteoiiflie : zp 

Now help, ;^r,0l«'the'Wji]pi^i djeh 

Ala? for woc,''SfX, 
» • 
One Browne, that was an Engllfh man, 

J^tul'lMLrd' tib^^k<^ies'pke6ii8 tr)Re, 
Outwitlihisiword, an\l beftirtrf^Wm'thtti, 25 

Out of the dobres in^hafte to fiie : 
But all the doores were made (b fad, 
Out of a windowhe got at lj|ft, . 

Alas for woe, &c. ' 

He met the Mfhop coirfng^H, 39 

Having the pdffet in Ms teinde j 
The fight of Brdwftc made him aghift. 

Who i>ad him ^fteutly ftaic ^lid ttanU. * 
With him' w«re two that fanftraway. 
For feare that Browne would make a frajr. 3J 

A}as for yroe, '&c. 

BifliQp, quoth "Browne, whatlh^ft thi)u"therc ? 

Nothing at ^11 j my friend, ftyd^^ 'he; 
$ttt a poflet to make tl^^ king gobd dieere* 

|s it fo ? fay4 Browne, t)iat mil I fee, 40 



Fif« 



AND BALLADS. %qj 

Firft I will have thyfclf begin. 
Before thou goe any further in ; 

Be it weale or woe it fhall be fo. 

This makes a forrowful heigh ho. 

The biftiop fayde^ Browne I doo know, 45 

Thou art a young man poore and bare ; 
Livings on thee I will beilowe : 

Let me go on take thee no care. 
No, no, qnoth Browne, I will not be 
A traitour for all chriAiantie, ^# 

Happe well or woe, it (hall be {o. 
Drink now with' a forrowfull, &c. ' 

The bifhop dranke, and by and by,* 

His belly burft and he fell downe : 
A juft rewarde for his traitery. 55 

This was a poflet indeed, quoth Browne ! 
He ferched the bifhop and found the keyes. 
To come to the kinge when he did pleafe. ' 
Alas for woe, &c. 

As foon as the king got word of this, 6« 

He humbly fell uppon his knee, 
And prayfed God that he did mifse 

To taft of that extremity ; 
For that he did perceave and know. 
His clergie would betray him (kx 65 

• Alas foj; woe, &c. 

Alas, 



fto8 ANCIENT SO N^G S 

Alas, he faid, nnhappie realme. 

My father and godfather flaine : 
My mother bamfhed, O extreame ! 

Unhappy fate and bitter bayne ! " 70 

And now like treafon wrought for me. 
What more nnhappierealme can be ! 
Alas for woe, &c. 

The king did call his nnrfe to his grace, 

And gave her twenty poondes a yeere ; 7) 

And truitie Browne too b like caie. 

He knighted him, with gallant geere ; 
And gave him < lands and' livingi great. 
For dooing fuch a manly feat. 

As he did ihowe, to the bifliop's woe, U 
Which made, &c. 

When all this treafon done and paft, 

Tooke not effed of traytcry j 
Another treafon at the laft. 

They fought againfl his majeilie : U 

How they might make their kinge away : 
By a privie banket on a daye. 
Alas for woe, &c. 

. « Another' 



K 67. Hh father ivas Henry lord DamUy. Hugodfatt^ 
nnere the duke of Savoy : and Charles IX. king of ha»ce, *» 
neither rf thefe 'were murdered. 



AND BALLADS* ad9 

* Another time' to fell the king 

Beyonde the feas they had decreede i m 

Three noble earles heard of this things 

And did prevent the feme with fpcedc* 
For a letter came, with fiich a charme. 
That they fhould doo their king no harme : 

tor farther woe, if they did foe, p - 

Would make a forrowful h*;igh hoe. 

The fcarlc Monrton told the Douglas thenj 
Take heede you do not oiFend the king ; 
But flicw yourfelves like honefl men 

Obediently in every thing : loo 

For his godmother * will not fee 
Her nobk childe mifus'd to be 
With any woe ; for if it be ib 
She will make, &c. 

God grailnt all fubjeds may be true^ loj 

In England j Scotland, every where i 
That no ftch daungcr liiay enfue. 

To put the prince or ftate in fcare s 
That Gpd the higheft king may fee 
Obedience as it ought to be. 1 10 

in wealth or woe* God graunt it be fo 
To avoide the forrowful heigh ha« 

Vol. IL O THB 

• j^ EUtuAiih 



'iio ANCIENT SONGS 



xvri. 

THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY. 

A Scottish Song. 

In DecmBer I ^91, Francis St two art earlfif Motb^viU bad 
made an attempt to/eisa on the per/on of his jinj^reign J ami 
VL hut heing dijappointed^ had retired tonuards the north. 
The king unad*uijedly ga^ve a eomnuffion to George^Gordon tarl 
•f Huntley, to perfue B^tJi^ill and his followers nvith fr* 
andftjoord, Huntley ^ under couer of executing that commif- 
fiouy took occafion to re^venge a primate quarrel he hadagdinf 
James Stetjoart earl of Murray y a relation of BothweUts, 
In the, night of Feb, 7. 1 592, he hefet Murray* s houfe^ htmt 
it to the ground y and Jlcw Murray himfelf \ a young nM* 
man of the moft promijing <virtuesy and the *very darling of 
the people. See Rohertfon^s Hift. 

The prefent lord Murray hath now in his poffifffSon upi3un 
of his anceftor naked and covered luith tvounds, lubicb bad 
been carried about y according to the cuftom of that agCy in 
order to inflame the populace to re'venge his deafh. If this 
piSliire did not flattery he <ivell deferred the name of tBe 
BONNY EAKLy for he is there reprefented as a tsdl and 
: comely perjonage. It is a tradition in the family y that Gordon 
of Bucky ga've him a nvound in the face : Murray half ex- 
piring fold y ** Tou haefpilt a better face than your awin.** 
Upon this Bucky pdinting bis dagger at .Humtley*s brtafiy 
/muorcy •* You Jhall be as deep as 1 1** and forced him to 
'^pierce the poor defencelefs bo4y» 

James did not fufficidtly exert himfelf infmmJBhit^tit 
murderers y but I knotjs not any reafon Jbr fuppofing htvjca 
jealous of Murray wth hi/ ^ueets. 



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AND BALLADS. «i 

YE highlands, and ye lawlands, 
Oh ! whair hae ye been ? 
They hae flaine the earl of Murray, 
And hae layd him on the green. 

Now wae be to thee, Huntley ! 

And. whairfore did you fae ? • 

I bade you bring him wi* you^ 

But forbade you him to flay* 



He was a braw gallant. 
And he rid at the ring ; 

And the bonny earl of Murray 
Oh ! he might hae been a king. 

He was a braw gallant. 
And he playdat the ba'; 

And the bonny e^rl of Murray 
Was the flower among them a*. 

He was a braw gallant. 

And he playd at the gluve ; 

And the bonny earl of Murray, 
Oh ! he was the qucenes luve. 

Oh ! lang will hig lady 
Luke owre. the caijtle downe. 

Ere ibe &e the earl of Murray 
Cum founding throw the towne. 

O 2 



10 



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ao 



XVIII. MARY 



%n ANCIENT SONGS 



XVIIL 
M A R.Y A M B R £ E. 

In the year 1^%/^^tbt Spaniards y under the cemm^nd of 
Alexander farnefe prince of Parma^ hegan to gain great 
advantages in Flanders and Brabant^ by recovering many 
Jlrong'holds and cities from the Hollanders ^ as Ghent ^ (called 
then by the Englijh Gaunt,^ Jntnuerp^ Mechlin^ lie See 
Si&tw^s Annalsy /. 7 1 1 . Some attempt made vuitb the ajpftasut 
of Englijb volunteers to retrieve the former of thoje places 
probably gave occafion to this ballad. I can find no mensiw 
of our heroine in hiftoryy but the follovjing rhymes rendered 
her famous among our poets, Ben Jonfon often mentioniher, 
and calls any remarkable virago by her name. See his Eft- 
c^ne, firft aSiedin 1609. A3 ^*fi. 2. His Tale of a Tu^f 
ASl l.fc. 4. And his mafque intitled The Fortunate Iph 
1626, nvhere he quotes the very vQords of the ballad y 

— — Mart Ambrbb, 
(IVbo marched fo free 
To thefiege of Gaunt ^ 
And death could not daunts 
As the ballad doth vaunt) 
Were a braver <mighty \Se. 

She is alfo mentioned in Fletcher^ s Scornful Lady^ Ad 5* 
fubfinem, 

** My large gentletwmanf irrf MaryAmbrH; 

*« had I but feen into you f you Jbould have had another W- 

" fellow.'* 

Fri^ 



I 



AMD BALLADS. 113 

Priutedfrom an ancient black-letter copy in the Pepys CoU 
leSion^ compared ivith another in the Editor^s folio MS. 
^be f till title is y ** The ^valorous a^s performed at Gaunt by 
•* the bra'oe bonnie lafs Mary jfmbree, ijoho in renjenge 
V of her Jokers death did play her part mojl gallantly, 1%9 
^* tune is 9 The blind beggar, ^c»'* 



WHEN captaines couragious, whom death coldc 
not dauntey 
Did march to the fiege of the cittye of Gaunte, 
They muftred their fouldiers by two and by three. 
And foro)oft in battele was Mary Ambree. 

When brave Sir John Major ^ was flaine in her fight, 5 
Who was her true lover, her joy, and delight, 
Becaafe he was flaine moft trcacherouflie,. 
Then vowd to revenge him Mary Ambree, 

She closed herfelfe from the top to the toe 

In buffe of the braveft, moft feemelye to ijnowe ; ,10 

A faire (hirt of male then flipped on fliee ; 

Was not this a brave bonny lafs, Mary Ambree f 

A helmett of proofe fliee ftrait did provide, 

A ftrong arminge fword fliee girt by her fide. 

On her hand a goodly faire gauntleit had ihee ; 15 

Was not this a brave bonny lafs, Mary Ambree. 

3 ' Then 

• Ho MS. Serjeant Major in FC 



214 ANCIENT SONGS 

Then tooke (hce her fworde and her targect in hand^ 
Bidding all fuch as wolde, bee of her band 
To wayt on her perTon came tfaoafand and three : 
Was not this a brave bonny lafs, Mary Ambree ? w 

My fbuldiers fo valiant and faithfoU, ihee iayd, 
Nowe foilowe your captaine, no longer a mayd ; 
Still formoft in battel myfelfe will I bee : 
Was not this a brave bonny lafle, Mary Ambree ? 

Then cryed out her fbuldiers, and thns. they did fay« 25 
Soe well thou becomeft this gallant array. 
Thy harte and thy weapons foe well doe agree, 
Noe jnayden was ever like Mary Ambree. 

ghee cheared her fouldiers, that foughten for life. 
With ancyent and ftandard, with drum and with fife, 50 
With brave clanging triimpetts, that founded fo frees 
Was not this a brave bonny la£e, Mary Ambree / 

Before I will fee the worft of you all 

To come into danger of death, or of thrall. 

This hand and this life I will venture fo free ; 35 

Was not this a brave bonny lafle, Mary Ambree ? 

Shee led upp her fouldiers in battel arraye, 

Gainil three times theyr number by breake of the daye ; 

Seven howers in fkirmiih continued (hee : 

Wa? not this a brave bonny laffe, Mary Ambree ? 40 

She 



AND -BALLADS. 215 

^le filled tke ilcyes with tke finoke of her ihott. 
And her enemyes bodyes with bulletts foe hott ; 
For one of her owne men a fcore killed ihee : 
Was not this a brave bonny laEk, Mary Axnbree i 

And when her fidfe ganner» to fpoyle her intent, 45 
Away all her pelletts and powder had fpent, 
Straig]^ with her keen weapon fiiee daiht him in three ; 
Was not this t brave bonny laffe, Mary Ambree ? 

Being falfelye betrayed for lucre of hyre» 
At length fhe was forced to make a retyre ; 50 

Tlien her foldiers into a ilrong caftle drew ihee : 
Was not this a brave bonny laiie, Mary Ambree? 

Her foes thej heiett her on every fide« 

As thinking dofe fiege (hee cold never abide ; 

To beate down her walles they all did decree ; 55 

But ftoutlye deiFyd them brave Mary Ambree, 

Then tooke ihee her fwoid and her targett in hand. 
And mounting the walls all undaunted did iland. 
There daring the captaines to match any three : 
O what a brave captaine was Mary AmbreeJ 60 

Now faye^ Engliih captaine, what woldeft thou give 
To ranfome thy felfe, which elfe muil not live ? 
Come yield thyfelfe quicklye, or flaine thou muil bee. 
Then fmiled fweetlye, faire Mary Ambree. 

O 4 Now 



^j6 ANCIENT SONGS 

Now captaines coaragious, of valour foe bold, 6$ 

Whom thinke you before you that you doe behold ? 
A knight, fir, of England, and captaine foe ftee. 
Who ihortelye with us a priibner mull bee. 

No captaine of England ; behold in your fight 
Two brefts in my bofome, and therfore noc knight : 74 
Noe knight, firs, of England, nor captaine you fee. 
But a poor fimple may den, calld Mary Ambree. 

But art thou a woman, as thou dofi declare, 
Whofe valour hath provd foe undaunted in warre ? 
Jf England doth yield fuch brave tnaydens as thee, 7$ 
Full well may th^y conquer, faire Mary Ambree ? 

The prince of Great Parma heard of her renowne. 
Who long had advanced for Englands faire crowne ) 
Hee wooed her and fued her his miftrefs to bee. 
And cffcrd rich prcfents to Mary Ambree. 

But this virtuous mayden defplfed them all, 
lie nere fell my honour for purple nor pall : 
A mayden of Englande, fir, never will bee 
The whore of 1^ monarcke, quoth Mary Ambree. 

Then to her owne cotmtry fhee backe did returne, 85 
Still holding the foes of faire England in fcorne : 
^^herfbre Englifh captaines of every degree 
6i.ng fonh the brave valpiirs of Mary Ambree. 

XIX, BRAV8 



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A N D B A L L A D S. 217 



XIX. 
BRAVE LORD WILtOUGHBY. 

Peregrine Bertie hrdWillougbby of Erejby bad^ in the year 
1586, diftinguijhed himfelf at the fiege of Zutphen in fhi 
L(yw Countries, He luds the year after made general of the 
Mnglijh forces in the United Pro*vincesy in room of the earl of 
Leicefier^ 'who luas recalled^ Thisga've him an opportunity 
of ftgnaliTung his courage and military //. /// in fever al ac- 
tions againjl the Spaniards, One of thefe, greatly exagge- 
rated by popular report^ is probably the fubje£}. of this old 
ballad y nvhich on account of its flattering encomiums on Eng- 
Ufh 'valour^ hath airways been a favourite nuitb the cotttmon 
people. 

" My lordJVillougbbie (fays a contemporary ^*riter)*was 
** one of the queenes beft fwordfmin : , , . , he ^-was a great 

mafier of the art military 1 hu've heard it fpoken^ 

that had he not flighted the court ^ hut applied himfelf to 
the queene^ he might ha^e enjoyed a plentifull portion of 
her grace ; and it nuas his faying^ and it did him no 
**.j^oody that he ivas none of the r^ptilia; intimating^ 
** that h$ could not creepe on the grounds, and t bat the court 
*' lucLs not his element ; for indeed y as he tuas a great foul- 
** diery fo he ^was of fuitable magnanimities and could n$t 
*' hrooke the ohfequtoujneffe andajjiduitie of thecgurt*^* Se$ 
l^aunton^ s fragm. RegaL 

Lord Willoughbie died in 1 60 1 . See his charaSler in Naun'-> 
ton's Fragment a Regalia, — Both the names of Nor r is and Tur-m 
fffr (ire famous among thofe of the military men of that age, 
printed frgm tin ancient black-Utter cop\^ 

THE 






tit AKCIEI^T SON as 

ft 

THE fifteenth day of July, 
With gliftering fpear and fliield, 
A famous fight in Flanders 

Was foughten in the field : 
The moft couragioas offices 5 

Were Englilh captains three. 
Bat the braveft man in battel 
Was brave lord Willoughbey. 

The next was captain Norris, 

A valiant man was hee ; it 

The other captain Turner, 

From field would never flee. 
With fifteen hundred fightii^ mea* 

Alas ! there were no more. 
They fought with fourteen thoufand then 'j 

Upon the bloody (hore. 

§tand to it noble pikemen, 

And look you round about : 
And fhoot you right you bow-men. 

And we will keep them out : 21 

You mttfquet and calliver men. 

Do you prove true to me. 
Tie be the formoft roan in fight, 

Says brave lord Willoughbey, 



A N I> B A L L A D S. ij^ 

And then the bloody efnemy 2c 

They fiercely did aflatl. 
And fought it out nloft furiouily. 

Not doubting to* prevail ; 
The wounded men on both fides fell 

Moft pitious for to fee, 90 

Yet nothing coiild the courage quell 

Of brave, lord Willoughbey. 

For feven hour* to all niens view 

This fight endured fore. 
Until our men fo feeble grew ^e 

That they could fight no more. 
And then upon dead horfes 

Full favourly they eat, 
And drank the puddle water. 

They could no better get, ^o 

When they had fed fo freely 

They kneekd on the ground. 
And praifed God devoutly 

For the favour they had found ; 
And beating up their colonrs, a^ 

The fight they did renew, 
And turning tow'rds the Spaniard 

A thoufand more they flew. 



Tht 



520 ANCIENT SONGS 

The (harp fteel pointed arrows. 

And bullets thick did fly ; 50 

Then did our valiant foldiers 

Charge on mod furioufly ; 
Which mack the Spaniards waver. 

They thought it bed to flee. 
They fear'd the ftout behaviour ^^ 

Of brave lord WiP.oughbcy. 

Then quoth th^ Spanilh general* 

Come let us march away, 
I fear we (hall be fpoiled all 

If here we longer (lay ; ^ 

For yonder comes lord Willoughbey 

With courage fierce and fell. 
He will not give one inch of way 

For all the devils in helU 

And then the fearful enemy 6j 

Was quickly put to flight, 
Our men perfued couragioufly. 

And caught their forces quite { 
But at lall they gave ^ ihout. 

Which ecchoed through the (ky, 78 

God, and St. George for England ! 

The conque^ers did cry, 



Tto 



A N D B A L L A D S. iii 

I 

This news was brought to England 

With all the fpccd might be. 
And foon our gracioui queen was told 75 

Of this fame vi&ory : 
O this is brave lord Willoughbcy, 

My love that ever won, . 
Of all the lords of honour 

'Tis he great deeds hath done. 80 

To th* fouldiers tliat were maimed. 

And wounded in the fray. 
The queen allow'd a pen lion 

Of fifteen pence a day. 
And from all Cofts and charges S$ 

She quit and fet them free. 
And this (he did all for the fake 

Of brave lord Willoughbcy. 

Then courage, noble Engliflimen, * 90 

And never be difmaid, 
If that we be but one to ten. 

We will not be afraid 
To fight with foraign enemies. 

And fet our nation free ; 
And thus I end the bloody bout 9 J 

Of brave lord Wiljoughbcy. 

XX. V I C- 

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9.ii A N C I E N T & O N Q S 



XX, 

VICTORIOUS MEN OF EARTH. 

Tkij Utile moral fonnet hatb fuch a pointed appUct* 
4hn to the heroes of the foregoing and foUonmng haUaJs, 
that I cannot help placing it here^ tho* the date of its compeji- 
tion is of a much later periods Jt is extraSedfrom " Cupii 
** and Deaths amafque by J. S. [James Shirley] prefentd 
«* Mar.26»i6^^. London printed l6^^.** j^o» 

ylAorious men of earth, no more 
Proclaim how wide yoor empires are ^ 
Though you binde in jcvery (hore. 
And your triumphs reach as far 

As night or day, 5 

Yet you proud monarch s muft obey, 
.And mingle with. f<H*gotten afhes, when 
Death calls yee to the croud of common men'. 

Devouring famine, plague and war« 

Each able to undo mankind, 10 

Death's (ervile emiflaries are ; 
• Nor to thefe alone confin'd. 

He hath at will 
Mote quaint and fubtle wayes to kill ; 
.A fmile or kifs, as he will ufe the art, 15 

t Shall have the cunning (kill to break a heart. 

I XXI. THE 



AND B A L L A D S* 22^3 



XXI. 
^THE WINNING OF CALES. 

The fuhjeS of this ballad is the taking of the city ^Cadui^ 
(called fy our failors corruptly Calcs) on yuxe 2 1. 1 5 96, 
in a defcent made on the coaft of Spain, under the command of 
the l^d Ho^ward admiral, and the earl of Effex genera. 

The 'valour, of Effex njoas not more difiinguijhed on this oc^ 
eafion than his generojtty : the to^wn 'was carried ftAJord in 
hand, but he ftopt the Jlaughter asfoon aspoj/ible, and treated 
bis prifoners ivith the greateft humanity and even affability 
and tikdnefs. The Engltjh made a rich plunder in the city^ 
hut mift of a much richer, by the refolution, luhich the duke 
9f Medina the Spanijh admiral took, of fetfing fire to the 
Jbips, in order to prevent their falling into the hands of the 
enemy. It ivas computed, that the lofs, luhichthe Spaniards 
/uftained in this enterprize^ amounted to twenty millions of 
ducats. See Hume's Hift. 

The earl of Efflex knighted on this occafion not fewer than 
fixiy perfons^ luhich gave rife to the follovoingfarcafm^ 

jt gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales 

And a laird of the North country ; 
But a yeoman of Kent vuith his yearly rent 

Will buy them out all three. 

The ballad is printed from the Editor* s folio MS* andfeems 
to have been compofed ly fome perfon, ivho ivas concerned in ^ 
the expedition. Moft xf the circumfiances related in it voUl 
^^ found fupported by hijiory. 

LONG the proud Spaniards , had vaunted their con- 
' qliefts, 
Threatning our country with fire and fword. 

Often 



an akciekt sokos 

Often preparing their navy moft fumptnons 
With as great plenty as Spain could afford. 
Dab a dub, dub a dub> thus ftrike their drums, j 
Tailtaifa, tantara, the Englifhniail comci. 

To the feas haftily went our lord admiral^ 

With knights coiiragious and captains full good ; 

The brave earl of f^flex, a profperous general. 

With him prepared to pafs the fait flood. id 

Dub a dub, &c. 

At Plymouth fpeedilye, took they ihip valiandye, 

Braver fhips never were fecn under fayle. 
With their fair colours fpread, and dreamers o*cr iheif 
head. 
Now bragging Spaniard take heed of your tayle. 1$ 
Dub a dub, &c. 

Unto Cales cunninglye, came we mod ipeedilye, 
Where the kinges navy fecurelye did ride ; 

Being upon their backs, piercing their butts of fades, 
£re any Spaniards our coming defcry'd. 20 

Dub a dub, &c. 

Great was the crying, the running and ryding^ 
Which at that feafon was made in that place ; 

The beacons were fyred, as need then required ; 
To hyde their great treafure they had little fpace. t; 
Dubjiduit &c. 



A N D B A L L A D S. 225 

There you might fee their (hips, how they were fyredfi.^. 
And how their men drowned themfelves in the (ea ; 

There might you hear them cry, wayle and weeppiteouHy 
When they faw no fhift to fcape thence away. 30 

Dub a dub, &c. 

The great 5t. Phillip, the pryde of the Spaniards, 
Was burnt to the bottom, and funk in the (ea ; 

But the St. Andrew, and eke the St. Matthew^ 

Wee took in fight manfallye and brought away. 3 J 
Dub a dub, &c. 

The^arl of Effex moft valiant and hardye. 

With horfemen and footmen march'd up to the town ; 

The Spanyards, which faw them, were greatly alarmed. 
Did fly for their fafety, and durft not come down. 40 
Dub a dub, &c. 

Now, quoth the noble earl, courage my ibldiers all. 
Fight and be valiant, the fpoil you (hall have ; 

And be well rewarded all from the great to the fmall. 
But fee the women and children you fave. 45 

Dub a dub, &c. 

The Spaniards at that fight, thinking it vain to fight. 
Hung out flags of truce and yielded the towne ; 

We marched in prefentlye, decking the walls on high. 
With Englifh colours which purchas'd renowue. 50 

Dub a dub, &c. 
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a26 ANCIENT SONGS 

Entering the hottfes then, of the moil richeft men. 
For gold and treafure we fearched each day ;- 

In f ome places we did find, pyes baking left behind, 
Meate at fire roiling and folk run away. SS 

Dub a duby &c. 

f'ull of rych merchandize, every Ihop catch'd our eyes, 
Damaiks and fattens and velvets full fayre ; 

Which foldiers meafured out by^ the length 6f their fwords ; 
Of ^11 commodities each had his fliare. 60 

Pub a dub, ^c* 

Thus Cales was taken, and oar brave general 
Marched to the market place^ where he did ilaad; 

There many prifoneres fell to our feveral ihares. 
Many crav'd mercye, and mercye they fonde, ^J 
Dub a dub, &c. 

When our brave general faw they delayed all. 

And would notranfome their towne as they faid, 
With their fair wanfcots, their preiTes and bedilcds, 
Their joint-ilools and tables a fire we made ; T* 
And when the town burned all in a flame. 
With tara, t^ntara, away we all came. 



XXII. TH8 



A N D B A L L A D S. aa; 



XXII. 
THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE, 

This beautiful old ballad titoft probably took its rift front 
one of thofe defcents Made on the Sfanijh coafts in the time of 
queen Elizabeth : in all liielihood from that njobich is cele* 
bratedin the foregoing ballad. 

Printed from an ancient black letter copy^ corre&ed in p4trt 
by the Editor' sfilio MS\ 



T X T* J L L you hear a- Spanilh lady, 

Y T How (he wooed an Engliih man } 
Garments gay as rich as may be 

Decked with jewels (he had on. 
Of a comely countenance and grace was (he^ J 

And by birth and parentage of high degree. 

As his prifoner there he kept her. 

In his hands her life did lye ; . , 

Cupid's bands did tye them fafter 

By the liking of an eye. to 

In his courteous company was all her joy. 
To favour him in any thing (lie was not coy* 

P % But 



228 ANCIENT SONGS 

But at laft there came commandment 

For to fet the ladies free. 
With their jewels dill adorned. 
None to do them inju y. 
Then faid this lady mild^ Full woe is me, 
O let me dill fuflaiii this kind captivity ! 

Gallant Captain, (hew feme pity 

To a lad ye in diHrefse ; 
Leave me not within this city. 
For to dye in heavinefle : 
Thou haft fet this prefent day my body free. 
But my heart in prifon ftill remains with thee. 



" How fhould'ft thou, fair lady, love me, 2$ 

, Whom thou knowft thy countrys foe ? 
Thy fair wordcs make me fufpeft thee : 
" Serpents lie where flowers grow." 
All the harm I wiihe to thee, moft courteous knight, 
God grant the fame upon my head may fully light. 30 

Blefled be the time and feafbn. 

That you came on Spanifii ground ; 
If you may our foes be termed. 
Gentle foes we have you found : 
With our city, you have won our hearts each one, 35 
*rhcn to your country bear away, that is your own. 

« Reft 



AND BALLADS. . 229 

" Reft you ftiil, moH gallant lady 5 
Reft you ftill, and weep no more ; 
. Of fair lovers there arc plenty, 

Spain doth yield you wonderous ftore.'^ 40 

Spaniards fraught with jealoufy we oft "^ find. 
But Englifti men throughout the world arc counted kind. 

Leave me not unto a Spaniard, 

Thou alone enjoy ft my heart ; 
I am lovely, young and tender, 45 

Love is likewife my defert ; 
Still to ferve thee day and night my mind is preft ; 
Thft wife of every Engliih man is counted blefi. 

** It would be a ihame, fair lady. 

For to bear a woman hence { jO 

Englifti foldiers never cairry 

Any fuch without biFence.** , 
rU quickly change my (elf, if it be {o. 
And like a page will follow thee, where'er thou go, 

'* I have neither gold nor filver 55 

To maintain the6 in this cafe. 
And to travel is great charges. 
As you know in every place." 
My chains and jewels every one ihall be thy own. 
And eke *ten thousand pounds in geld tha: lies unknown, 

P 3 « On 



^3G AN C I EN T S O N as 

« On the feas arc many dangers. 

Many ftorms dathcre arife. 
Which will be to ladies dreadful. 
And force tears from watery eyes.** 
Well in troth I (hall endure extremity, ^5 

For I could find in heart to lofe my Ufe ^J" *ee, 

« Courteous ladye, leave this fancy. 

Here comes all that breeds the ftrifc ; 
J in England have already 

A fwcet" woman to my wife ; 7* 

I will not falfify my vow for gold nor gain, 
I^or yet for all Oie faireft dames that live in Spain." 

O how happy is that woman 

That enjoys fo true a friend ! 
Many happy days God fend her ; 75 

Of my fuit I make an end : 
On my knees I pardon crave for my oiFence, 
Which did from love and true affedion firft commence. 

Commend me to thy lovely lady, 

Bear to her this chain of gold ; ® 

And thefe bracelets for a token ; 
Grieving that I was fo bold : 
All my jewels in like fort bear thou with thee, 
fQT they are fitting for thy wife, but not for mc. 

I will 



A N D B A L L A D S. 231 

I will fpen4 my days in prayer. * 8{ 

Love and all his laws defye ; 
In a nunnery will I fhrowd mee. 
Far from any companye : 
But ere my prayers have an end, be fure of this. 
To pray for thee and for thy loye I will i^ot mifs. 90 

Thus farewell, moft gallant captain ! 
Farewell too my heart's content ! 
Count not Spaniih ladies wanton. 
Though to thee my love was bent : 
Joy and true profperity goe ftill with thee ! 95 

The like fell ever to thy ihare, moll fair lad|e. 



XXIIL 
A RG EN TILE AND C U R A N, 

— /r extraSied from an ancient hiftorical poem in XIII 
BookSi intitled Albiov's Englajid ^ William War- 
ner : ** An author f (/^J^ a former editor) only unhappy in 
** the choice of his fuhjeSy and meafure of his 'verfe. His 
** poem, is an epitome of the Britijh hijtory, and nuritten 
*^' <with great learnings Jenfe, andfpirit. In fame places fine 
** to an extraordinary degree ^ as I think ivill eminently appear 
** in the enfuing epifode [of Jrgentile and Cuean], A tale 
" full of beautiful incidents, in the romantic tajle, extremely 
*^ aji£iingy rich in ornament^ lAfonderfully ^various in ftile \ 

Y ^ *' and 



1 



a^a ANCIENT SONGS 

* * in Jhortj one of the moft hioutifyl pafioraU I ever met tviib,^ 
[i\Iu/es library 8«vo, 1 738.] To this ehgium nothing can ht 
objeSed^ unle/s perhaps an affeded qifointne/s in fome of bis 
exprefjionsj and an indelicacy injome of his paft oral images. 

Warner is f aid to ha*ve been a Warwoickjhire man^ and 
to have been educated iu Oxford at Magdalene Hall * .' in 
the latter part of his life hp vjas retained in the/ervice of 
Henry Cary lord Hunjdon^ to ivhom he dedicates his poem. 
More of his hiftory is not kno^um* Tho* no-w his name is fo 
Jeldom mentioned, his cpntemporptries ranked him on a level 
ivith Spenfer^ and called them the Homer and Virgil ef their 
fige\. But learner rather refemhled Ovid, *who/e Meta^- 
piorphofis befeems to have taken for his model, having deduced 
fit perpetual poem from the deluge down to the ^ra of Elixxi- 
bet h full of lively digrejjions and entertaining epifodes. And 
tho* he is fometimes harjh, affeded, and objcure^ he often dif 
plays a mnjl charming and pathetic fimpltcity : as ivhere he 
il^Jcribes Eleanor's harfh treatment of Rofamond : 

With that (he daftit her on the lippes. 

So dyed double red : 
JIard was the heart, that gave the blow. 

Soft were thofe lipp^s that bled, 

The edition £/*Albion's England here followed vuas 
printed in \tp, l6p2 ; faid in the title page to have been 
*' firji penned and publljhed by William Warner, and novi 
^' revifcd and newly enlarged by the fame author^'* Thejloty 
^'Argentile andCuran/j/ believe the poet^s oivn in- 
^Tifttion ; it is not mentioned in any of cur chronicles. It vuas 
however fo much admired, that not many years after be pub- 
lijhed it, came out a larger poem on the fame fubjed^ inftanxas 
of ^x lines, intitled, *' The mofi pleajant and delightful hif 
•'* toyle of Cur an a prince of Davjke, and the fay re princeffe 

*• Arg$ntiU^ 



f 4theHf Oxoft, t IHd, 



A N D B A L L A D S. 233 

' Ar gentile J daughter and heyre to Adelbttght^/ometime king 
'■ of Northumberlandy ^r. ^y William Webster. Lon- 
" don 1 617." in % Jheets \tQ, An indifferent parapbrafe of 
xhe follcujing poem* 

Tho* here Jubdimded into ft anxasy Warner' s metre is the old- 
fajhioned alexandrine of' XA- Jyllables, The reader therefore 
muft not expeQ to find the clvfeof the ftanxas confulted in the 
paufes» 



THE Brutons « being' departed hence 
Seaven kingdoms here begonne. 
Where diverfly in diver broyles 
The Saxons' loft and wonne. 

King Edel and king Adelbright c 

In Diria jointly raigne ; 
In loyal Concorde during life, 

Thefe kingly friends remaine. 

When Adelbright (hould leave his life. 

To Edel thus he fayes ; lo 

By thofe fame bondes of happie love, 

That held us friends alwaies ; 

By our by-parted crowne, of which 

The moyeiie is mine ; 
By God, to whom my foule muftpaffe, i^ 

And fo in time may thine ; ' 

I pray 



«34 ANCIENTSONGS 

I pray thee, nay I cdnjure thee. 

To nourifh^ as thine owne. 
Thy neece, my daughter Argentile, 

Till ftie to age be growne ; 2« 

And then» as thou received it, 

Refigne to her my throne. 

A promife had for his bequeil. 

The teftatbr he dies ; 
But all that Edel undertooke, 2r 

He afterwards denies. 

Yet well he educates a time 

The damiiell, that was growne 
The faireft lady under heaven ; 

Whofe beau tie being knowne, 30 

A many princes feeke her love ; 

But none might her obtaine ; 
For grippe! 1 Edel to himfelfe 

Her kingdome fought to gaine ; 
And for that caufe from fight of fuch 35 

He did his ward reflraine. 

By chance one Curan, fonne unto 

A prince in Danfke^ did fee , 

The maid, with whom he fell in love, 
As much as man might bee, 40 

Vnh^ppie 



AND BALLADS. 235 

IJnhappie youth, what (hoald he doe ? 

His faint was kept in mewe ; 
Nor he, nor any noble- man 

Admitted to her vewe. 



One while in melancholy fits 4 j 

He pines himfelfe awaye ; 
Anon he thought by force of arms 

To win her if he may : 

And ftill againft the kings reftralnt 

Did fecretly invay. 50 

At length the high controller Love, 

Whom none may difobay^ 

Imbafed him from lordlines 

Into a kitcl^n drudge. 
That fo at leaft of life or death Jj 

She might become his judge. 

Accefle fo had to fee and fpeake. 

He did his love bewray. 
And tells his birth : her anfwer was 

She hufbandles- would flay. 6# 

Meane while the king did beate his braines, 

■ His booty to atchieve, 

^or caring what became of her. 



'S » 



1 



236 ANCIENT SONGS 

So he by her might thrive ; 
At laft his refolation was 6 c 

Some peiTant (hould her wive. 

And (which Was worl^ng to his wiih) 

tie did obferve with joye 
How Curan, whom he thought a drudge, 

Scapt many an amorous toye. 70 

The king, perceiving fuch his veinc. 

Promotes his vaiTal dill. 
Left that the LafenefTe of the man 

Should lett perhaps his will. 

Aflurcd therefore of his love, 75 

But not fuipedling who 
The lover vAxs, the king himfelfe » 

In his behalf did woe. 

The lady refolute from love, 

Unkindly takes that he go 

Should barre the noble, and unto 

60 bafe a match agree : 

And therefore (hifting out of doores. 

Departed thence by ftealth ; 
Preferring povertie before 85 

A dangerous life in wealth. 
y When 



AND BALLADS. 237 

When Curan heard of- her efcape. 

The anguifh in his hart 
Was more than much, and after her 

From court he did depart ; 90 

Forgetfull of himfelfe, his birth. 

His country, friends, and all. 
And only minding (whom he mift) 

The foundreiie of his thralle. 

Nor meanes he after to frequent 9; 

Or court, or flately townes, 
"But folitarily to live 

Amongft the country grownes. 

A brace of years he lived thus. 

Well pleafed fo to live, ico 

And fhepherd-like to feed a fiocke 

Himfelfe did wholly give. 

So wading, love, by worke, and want. 

Grew altnoil to the waine : 
But then began a fe(;ond love, 105 

The worfer of the twaine. 

A country wench, a neatherds maid. 

Where Curan kept his (hecpe. 
Did feed her drove : and now on her 

Was all the (hepherds keepe. 1 10 

I He 



tsS ANCIENT SONGS 

He borrowe/1 on tiie woiidng dales 

His holy rulTets oft. 
And of the bacon fat, to make 

His ftartopes blacke and foft. 

And lead his tarbox fliould offiend, n; 

He left it at the folde. 
Sweete growte, or whig, his bottle had. 

As much as it might hold. 

A fheeve of bread as browne as nat, ^ 

And cheefe as white as fnow, i^i' 

And wildings, or the feafons fruit 
He did in fcrip befiow. 

And whild his py-bald curre did fleepe, 

And (heep-hooke lay him by. 
On hollow quill es of oten ftraw '^5 

He piped melody. 

But when he fpyed her his faint. 

He whipM his greaiie ihooes. 
And clear'd the drivell from his beard. 

And thus the fhepheard wooes. ij^ 

** I have, fwcet wench, a peece of cheefet 

** As good as tooth may chaw, 
** And bread and wildings fouling well, 

(And therewithal! did draw 

His 



A ND B AL L A D S. 239 

4 

His lar dene) " in eating, fee, 13^ 

** Yon crumpliDg ewe, qtioth he, 
*< Did twinne this fall, and twin ihouldft thoii, 

*< If I mighttup with thee. 

•* Thou art tooelvifh, faith thou art, 

** Too elvifli and too coy. 140 

•« Am I, I pray thee, beggarly, 

*< That fuck a flocke enjoy ? 

*^ 1 wis I am not : yet that thou 

" Doeil hold me in difdaine 
«* Is brimme abroad, and made a gybe 14c 

** To all th^t keepe this plaine. 

*• There be as quaint (at Icaft that thinkc 
** Themfelves as quaint) that crave** 

«« The match, that thou, I wot not why, 

« Maift, but miflik'il to have. ijo 

*« How wouldft thou match ? (for wcU.I wot, 

«« Thou art a female) I 
*« Her * knew I not e'er,' that willingly 

** With maiden-head would die. 

I* The plowmans labour hath no end, 1 5 - 

" And he a churle will prove : 
♦« The craftfman hath more worke in hand 

<* Then fitteth unto love : 

«• The 



240 ANCIENT SONGS 

** The marchanty traffiqomg abroad^ 

*< Sufpeds his wife at liome : 16c 

** A youth will play the wanton ; and 

** An old man prove a mome. 

** Then chuie a fhepheard : with the an 

** He doth his flccke unfold, 
** And all the day on hill or plaine i6e 

** He merrie chat can hold ; 

<< And with the fun doth folde againe ; 

<« Then jogging home betime 
*^ He turnes a crab, or tunes a round, 

** Or fings fome m^^rrie ryme. 170 

". Nor lacks he glcefull tales, whilft round 

'* T*he nut-brown bowl doth trot ; 
** And fitteth finging care-away, 

" Till he to bed be got : 

*< Theare flecpes he foundly all the night, 175 

'* Forgetting morrow-cares ; 
•* Nor feares he blading of his come, 

" Nor uttering of his wares ; 

«< Or (lormes by feas, or ftirres on land, 

*' Or cracke of credit loft : i8« 

'« Not fpending frank Her than his fiofiike 

*' Shall flill defray the coft. 

" WeU 



AND B A L L A D S, 241 

•* Well wot I, footh they fay, that fay 

<< More quiet nights and daies 
'« The (hepheard.fleeps and wakes, than he 1S5 

<< Whofecattel he doth graizc. 

«< Beleeve me, lafTe^ a kittg is but 

<' A man, and lb am I : 
'< Content is worth a monarchie, . 

** And mifchiefs hit the hie ; 190 

** As late it did a king and his 

** Not dwelling far from hence, 
«( Who left a daughter, fave thyfelfe, 

«' For fair a matchlefs wench/* 

Here did he panfe, as if his tongue 19 j 

Had done his heart offence. 

The neatrefle, longing for the reft. 

Did egge him on to tell 
How faire (he was, and who fhe was. 

<< She bore, quoth he, the bell <oo 

« For be^utie : though I clownifh am, 

** 1 know what beautie is ; 
«' Or did I not, at feeing thee, 

<< I fenceles were to mis. 

• • • 

Voi. 11. Q « He* 



S142 ANCIENT SONGS 

" Her ftature comely, tall ; her gate 205 

** Well graced ; and her wit 
' ^« To marvcU at, not meddle with, 
** As matchlefil omit. 

" A globe-like head, a gold-like kure, 

** A forehead fmooth, and hie, 2i4 

"An even nofe, on either fide 
" Did (hine.a grayifti eie : 

" Two rofie cheekes, round ruddy lips, 

" White jtift-fet teeth, within ; 
<* A mouth in meane ; and under Aeathe 2 '5 

" A round and dimpled chin. 



" Her fnowie necke, with blewiih veines, 

*« Stood bolt upright upon 
" Her portly ihoulders : beatiiig balies 

" Her veined breafts, anon 



" Adde moreto.beau^e. Waad-Ukf.was 

" Her middle falling ftiU, " 
" And nfil^g. whereas women rife ; • • • 

" — Imagine nothing, ill. 

" And more, her long, and limber armis ' 

" Had white and azure wrifts ; 
** And flender fingers aunfwere to 
• " Her fmooth anj^lillie fids. 



229 



22,- 



iih 



AND BALLADS, 



243 



*< A legge in print, a prede foot ; 

•* Conjefture of the reft : jjo 

" For amorous cies, obferving forme, 

«* Think parts obfcured beft. 

«' With thefe O raretie f with thefe 

** Her tong of ipeech was (pare ; 
*« But fpeaking, Venrus feem'd to fpeake, 235 

" The balle from Ide to bear. 

<« With Phcebe, Juno, and with both 

** Herfelfe contends in face ; 
*< Wheare cquall mixture did not want 

Of milde and ftately grace, 340 



€€ 



*< Her finiles were fobcr, and her lookcs 

'* Were chearefull unto all : • 
«« Even fuch ats neither wanton feeme, 

" Nor waiward ; mell> nor gall. 

*< A quiet minde, a patien j; moode, 245 

** And not diidaining any ; 
«« Not gybing, gadding, gawdy, and 

*« Sweete faculties had many. 

•« A nimph, no tong, no heart, no eie ; 

** Might praife, might wi(b, might fee ; 250 
<* For life, for love, for forme ; more good, 

«' More worthy pfrore faire than flice. 

0^2 <* Yea 



/ 



244 ANCIENT SONGS 

<< Yea fach an one» as fuch was none, 

** Save only (he was fuch : 
" Of Argcntile to fay the moft ^55 

•^ Were to be filent much." 



I knew the lady very well. 

But worthies of fuch praife. 
The neatrefle faid : and mufe I do, 

A fhepheard thus fhould blaze ^^ 

The coote of beautie. Credit me. 

Thy latter fpeech bewraies. 

Thy clownifh fhape a coined (hew. 

But wherefore doft thou weepe ? 265 

The fhepheard wept, and ihe was woe. 

And both doe filence keepe, 

'* In troth, quoth he, I am not fuch, 

<< As feeming I profefle : 
<< But then for her, and now for thee, 

«• I from myielfe digrefle. *7* 

« Her loved I (wretch that I am 

** A recreant to be) 
<' I loved her, that hated love, 

** But now i die for thee. 

« 

«« At Kirkland is my fathers court, ^7S 

" And Curan is my name, 

«Ii 



AND BALLADS. 245 

** In Edels court fometimes in pompe, 
«* Till love contrould tile fame : 

*« But now — what now ?— dear hearty how now ? 

" What ailefl thou to weepe ? ** 280 

The damfell wept, and he was woe. 

And both did illence keepe. 

I graunt, quoth ihe, it was too much 

That you did love (b much : 
But whom your former could not move^ 285 

Your fec(md lov^ doth touch. 

Thy twice-beloved Argentile 

Submitteth her to thee. 
And for thy double love prefeuts ^ 

Herfelf ailngle fee,^ ^90 

In paffion, not in perfon chaung'd> 

And I my lord am ihe. 

They fweetly furfeiting in joy. 

And iilent for a fpace. 
When as the extafie had end» 2p j 

Did tenderly imbrace 1 
And for their wedding, and their wifh 

Got fitting time and place. 

Not England (for of Hengift then 

Was named fo this land) 50* 

Then Curan had an hardier knight s 

0.3 His 



246 ANCIENT SONGS 

■ 

His force could none withHand ; 
Whofe fheep-hooke laid apart, he then 
Had higher things in hand. 

Firlly making knowne his lawfull cUime 30; 

In Argentile her right. 
He warr'd in Diria *, and he wonne 

fiernicia * too in fight : 

And fo from trecherous Edel tooke 

At once his life and crowne, 310 

And of Northumberland was king. 

Long raigning in renowne, 

* * During the Saxon heptarchy % th. kingdom ofl^firthuM' 
herland (conpfting of 6 counties) luas for a long time di'vidd 
into tijjo Ifjfer Jotvereigntiesy fvix, De'ira (called here Diria) 
nvhicb contained the fouthern parts^ and Semicia, cmfrt- 
hending tho/e 'which lay north. 



XXIV. 

C O R 1; N^s FATE. 

Only the three firfi fian^as of tbisfong are ancient; thtfi 
are extraSied from the quarto MS. mentioned in *vol. I. /• 66. 
jff t/>^ Ji^emed to want app/icati$n, this has bun attempted b) 
a modern hand^ 

CORIN, 



A N D B A L L A D $• ^47 

CO R I N, moil unhappie fwaine» 
Whither wilt thou drive thy flocke ? 
Little foode is on the plaine ; 
Full of danger in the rocke : 

Wolfes and beares doe kepe the woodes ; 5 

Foiefts tangled are with brakes : 
Meadowes fubjeA are to floodes ; 

Moores are full of miry lakes. 

Yet to Ihun all plaine, and hill, 

Foreflr, moore, and meadow-ground, 1 9 

Hunger will as furcly kill : 

How may then reliefe be found ? 

Such is haplefs Corlns fate ; 

Since my way wardc love begunne 
Equall doubts begett debate . i; 

What to feeke, and what to ftiunne. 

Spare to fpeke,- and fpare to fpeed ; 

Yet to fpeke will move difdaine : 
If I fee her not I bleed. 

Yet her tight augments my paine. ao 



V/hat may tTicn poor Corin doe ? 

Tell me, ftjepherdes, quicklye tell ; 
For to linger thus in woe 

Is the lover^s (liarpefl'hcir. 



« 4 



0^4 XXV. JANE 



ft48 ANCIENT SONGS 



XXV. 

JANE SHORE. 

» 

Tho^/p wuuff 'uuigar errws ha<vi prevailed concerning tbit 
ceUbrated courtezan^ tut ehara^ler in hiftory has been mart 
ferfeSly handed donun to m. We have her portrait drawn 
by tvao mafierly pens^ the one has delineated the features tf 
her per/on^ the other thofe of her charader andjiory. Sir 
Thomas More drevsfrom the life, and Drs^ion has copied an 
original piSure of her » The reader lyill pardon the length of 
the quotations, as they ferve to correS many popular f^fiakti 
relating to her cataftrophe. The firft is Jrom Sir Thomas 
Mo re's hijlory of Rich, III. ^written inl$l 3, about thhrt) 
years after the death of £d<w. W* 



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Novo then by and by, as it vuerfor anger, not for cevt- 
ti/e, the prote&or fent into the houfe of Shores voifi (fof 
her hufband dv^elUd not vjith her) and f polled her tfalthat 
ever fie had, (above the value of z or '^ thoufand marks) 
andfent her body to prifon* Andvshen he had a ivhile laUi 
*' unto her, for the numer fake, that fie voent about to bewitch 
** him, andtb^ flie vvfis of counfel viith the lord chamberkin 
** to defirty him : in conclujion vjhen that no colour coul^frj' 
•* ten upon thefe matters^ then he layd heinoujly to her chargt 
** the thing that herfelf could not deny^ that al thevforldiuifi 
nvas true, and that natheles every man laughed at to hert 
it then fo fodeunh^ fo highly taken ^ — that fie voas ^aught 
of her body. And for thys caufe (as a goodly continent 
** prince f dene andfautles of himjelffent oufe of heaven inli 
** this vicious voorld for the amendment of mens manors) bt 
f* canfed the bifiop of London to put her to open penance, g9- 
••' ing before the crojffe in procej/ion upon afonday with a taper 






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AND BALLADS. 149 

*' im ber hand. In «wbicbjhe ivint in countenance andpaci 
>' demure fi nuomanly ; and albiit /he mtas out of al arrof 
/an/e ber fyrtk only, yet ivenf fie fi fair and lotvely^ namely e 
nubile the ^wondering of the people cafte a comly rud in her 
cbekes (of 'whichjhe before bad moft mijje) that her great 
** jhame <wan her much praife among thofe that 'were more 
** amorous of her body, then curious ofherfoule. And many 
** goodfolke alfit that hated her li*vingi and glad ^wer tofe 
*• fin correSedi yet pittied tbei more her penance then rejoiced 
** tberin^ ivhen tbei confidred that the proteSnr procured it 
** more of a corrupt intent^ then ani <vertuous affeccion. 

This woman ivas bom in London, njnorJhipfuUy frended^ 
honefllf brought up^ and 'very 'loel maryed, faving fome^ 
^what to fione ; her hufbande a^ honefi citizen, yonge, and 
goodly, and of good fubfiance. But forafmuche, as they 
ivere coupled erejbe ^wer luel ripe, Jhe not very fervently ■ 
lo^ed, for <whomjhe nemer longed* Which 'was happely 
the tbinge, that the more eafily made her encline unto the 
hings appetite, nvhen he required her. Honvbeit the refpeSi 
** of bis royaltie, the hope of gay apparel, eafe, plejure and 
** other 'wanton ewelth, ivat able fione to perfe afift tender 
*' hearte. But rwhen the king had abufed ber, anon her 
" hufband (as he nuas an honefi man and one that eould his 
** good, notprefuming to touch a hinges concubine) left her up 
"to him id together. When the king died, the lord chamber'^ 
** len \Haflings'\ toke her * ; 'which in the kinges dates, albeit 
** he 'was fore enamoured upon her, yet he forbore her, either 
*' for renjferpnce, or for a certain frendly faithfulness 

" Proper 

• After tbt death rfHafHngt,Jbe was kept by the marqvsstf Dorfft, 
fin to Edward Jf^s queta. In Rymer^s Faedera it a pr^clamatien 9/ 
tUcbard*s dated at Ixifeflir 0^, 23. 1483. voberiin a reward of looo 
markt in numrt, or \oo a year in land is offered for taking ** Thomas late 
*' marfuis of Dtfei^* w^ ** not ha^ivg the fear of God, nor thefal- 
** vation'of his own fiul, hefort bis eyes, h4s danmahfy debauched and 
*^ defiled many maids, widows, and wives, and livtd in actva^ 
** ADULTERY WITH THE WIFE OF Shore." Buckingham was at 
that time in rebellion, but as Dorfet was net with biifs, Richard eould mi 
aecufe him of treafon, and therefore made a handle of thefe pretended do» 
hueberief to get ifim afprtbendf^ 



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*« Proper fi^ nuast and fair e : nothing in her boify thatjeu 

** twold ha^ut cbangedt but if you luould have lui/hed bet 

<* Jomenuhat higher u Tbm fay thti that kne^ her in her 

" youthe. Albeit fame that now see her (for yet she 

«* livbth) deme her ne'ver to ha<ue bene nael 'vifaged, Wboft 

<* jugement feemeth mefomewhat like, as though menjhmdd 

" g'ff^ *^^ bewty of one lo*(ge before departed^ hy herfcaipe 

** taken out of the charnel-houfe ; for now is Jhe old, km^ 

'* nuithered, and dried «/> nothing left but lyyildefiin, and 

** hard bone. And yet being even fuch^ ivhofo nvtl advife 

** her ififage^ might geffe and devife ijahich partes ho^v filed, 

** nvoid tntke it a f aire face. 

** Yet delitednot menfo much in her bewty^ as in her plea- 

** Jant behaviour. For a proper tvit hadjhe^ and could both 

redi ivel and vjrite \ mery in company, redy and quick 4f 

** aunf<tver, neither mute nor ful of bable ; fometiau taunting 

** tvhhout difpleafurCy and i^t ^without difport. . The king 

** iMuld fay, That he had three concubines, nuhich in tbret 

** divtrs properties diverjly excelled- One the merieft, another 

'* the nviliejl, the thirde the holieft harlot in his realme, as cnt 

*< mjhom no man could get out of the church lightly to any place, 

«*• bta it veer to bis bed. The other tvjo Vi}ere fomvjhat 

«< greater perfonages, and natbeles of their humiHte content 

•* to be nameles, and toforbere the praife of thofe properties, 

** but the mtrieft vjas this Shoris ivife, in 'whom the king 

**• ihmrfgre tokefpeciedpleafure. - For maay he had, but her be- 

*^ kfoed; vshofe favour tofaithe trout h (forfinne it voer te 

*' belie thndewl) Jhe never abufed to any mans hurt^ but /*» 

•*• "ptetky 'h mans comfort and relief Where the king tcke 

** dtfpleafure, Jhe vtould mitigate and appeafe his mind: 

•^ vohere men ivere out of f amour, Jhe nuotd bring thent in his 

•* greice : for many, that had highly offended, Jhee obtained 

** pardon :■ of great forfeitures Jhe gate men remiJJion : and 

** finally • i^ many voeighty fates Jhe Jiode many men in gret 

** Jihde, either for none or very fmcd renuardes^ and thofe rather 

gay than rich : either for that Jhe voas content ^wi/h the' 

dedefelj'e vjell done, or for that Jhe delited to be fued unto^ 

^* xbULtoJhovj ivbat Jhe i^ifs able to do v^th thp king, or Jar 

*' that VL} anion v^jomenand vjeltby.be not ahvof covetous. 

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A N D B A H, A D S. . asi 

** Idouit noijhmtjhal think this <waman to9jkightathing 
•* to hi tvritten of, and fit amonge the rememhraunces of great 
** matters : nvhich thei fifal fpecially think, that happelyjhal 
^* efteme her onlj hy that thei now sb e h b r . B^t mefemeth 
^* the cbaunce fo much the mere nmrthy to he rememhred^ in 
** hotA) much Jhe is NOW in the more heggerly condicion, un- 
** f Tended and ivorne out of acquaintance, after goodjuh" 
** fiance^ after as grete favour ivith the prince, after asgrete 
** fute and feeking to nuith al thefe^ that in thofe days had. 
** bufynes to fpede^ as many other men nvere in their times , 
** nuhich he noivfamoufe only hy the infamy of their ildedes. 
*' Her doinges nvere not much lej/e, albeit thei be muchelefje 
** renumhred becaufe thei nxiere not fo e*viL For men ufe^ if 
** they have an eviltume, to nvrite it in marble ; and fuohofo 
** doth us a goodtourne, nve turite it in dufe. Which is not 
** *worft proved by her \ for at this DAYzJhee beggeth of 
*• many at this daye living, that at this day had begged, if 
** Jhee had not bene J* See Maris voorkts^fnio hi, btk «557. 

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Drayton has *written a poetical epiftle from this lady to 
her royal lover, in his notes on vjhich he thus dranvS'her por^ 
trait, ** Herjiature vjas meane, her baire of a darkyello'Wf 
** her face round and full, her eye gray, delicate harmony be'- 
** ing betviixt each partes proportion^ and each proportion's 
colour, her body fat, vjhite and fmootb, her countenance 
cheerfull and like to her condition. The piSure vohicb I 
havefeen of hers vjasfuch as Jhe rofe out of her bed in the 
*« morning, having nothing on but a rich mantle caft under 
*' one arme over her Jhoulder, and fitting on a chaire, on 

* * fwhicb her naked arm did lie. What her father s name njoas, 

* * or ivherejhe ivas borne, is not certainly knofwne : but Shore 
*< a young man of right goodly per fan, ivealth and behaviour, 

* * abandoned her bed after the king hiidmad: her his concubine • 

* < Richard II L cavfing her to do open penance, in Paul*s church 

<< -y^jyV, commanded THAT no MAN SHOULD RELIEVE 
«< HER, nvhich the tyrant did not fo much for his hatred to 
*' Jlnne, but that hy making his brother^ s life odious, he might 

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** C9*uir his horrible treajons the mortcuTininglyy SeeEughuuTs 
Heroical epiftUs ly Mich. Drajfton EJj; Lotui, 1637. izmo. 

^hefiUofwing htdlad is printed from an eld black letter eefj 
in the Pefys celkaionJ Its full title is " The 'woefull lamen- 
*' tation of Jane Shore^ a goldJmtb*s imfe in London^ /ome- 
•• time king Edivard IF, his concubine. Te the tune ofLiyi 
"with MB, Wf. [See the next W.] To every Jiaaza is 
emnexid the following burthen 9 

Then maids and wives in time amend. 

For love and beauty will have end. 



IF Rofamonde that was fo faire. 
Had caufe her forrowes to declare* 
Then let Jane Shore with forrowe iing. 
That was beloved of a king, 

Jn maiden yeares my beautye bright 5 

Was loved dear of lord and knight, 
Jut yet the love that they requirM, 
It was not as my friends deiir*d. 

My parents they for thirft of gaine, 

A hufband for me did obtaine ; is 

And I their pleafure to fulfille 

Was forc'd to wedd againfl my wille. 

To Matthew Shore I was a wife. 

Till luft brought mine to my life ; 

And then my life I lewdlye fpent, 15 

Which makes my foul for to lament. 

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A N D B A L L A D 9. 253 

In Lombard-ftreet I once did dwelle. 

As London yet can witnefs welle. 

Where many gallants did beholde 

My beautye in a fhop of golde. 20 

I fpred my plumes, as wantons doe. 
Some fweet and fecret friende to^ wooe, 
Becaufe chaft love I did not finde 
Agreeing to my wanton minde. 

At laft my name in court did ring 25 

Into the eares of Englandes king. 
Who came and lik'd, and lore requir'd. 
But I made coye what he defir'd : 

Yet mifbefi Blague, a neighbour neare, 

Whofe fiiendihip I eileemed deare, 3« 

Did faye. It was a gallant thing 

To be beloved of a king. 

By her perfuafions T was led. 

For to defile my marriage-bed. 

And wronge my wedded hufband Shore, 35 

Whom I had married yeares before. 

In heart and mind T did rejoyce. 

That I had made (0 fweet a choice ; 

And therefore did my ftate refigne. 

To be kbg Edward's concubine. 4« 

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From city then to court f went. 
To reape the pleafurcs of content ; 
There had the joycs that love coutd brings 
And knew the fecreti of a king. 

When I was* thus advanc'd on highe 4J 

Commanding Edward with mine eye. 
For Mrs. Blague I in fliort fpace 
Obtainde a livinge from his grace. 

No friende I had but in fhort time 

I made unto promotion climbe ; {O 

But yet for all this cofHyepride, 

My hufbande couid notmee abide. 

His bed> though wronged by a king. 
His heart with deadlyc griefe did fUiig ; 
From England then' he goes away, {$ 

To end his life beyond the fea; 

He could not live to fee his name 

Impaired by my wanton fhame ; 

Althouglr a prince of peerlefle might 

Did reape the pleafure of his right. ^ 

Long time I lived in the courte. 

With lords and ladies' of great (brte, 

And when I fmiPd all men were glad, . 

But when I frown'd my prince grewe fid. 

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AND BALLADS* 4^$ 

But^yet a gentle minde I bore 65 

To helplefle people, that were poore j 

I flillxedreft the orphans crye. 

And fav'd their lives condemnd to dye.. 

I 

I ftill had ruth on widowes tears^ 

I faccour'd babes of tender yeares ; 70 

And never look'd for other gaine 

But love and thankes for all my paine. 

At laft my royaU king did dye. 

And then my dayes of woe grew nighe ; 

When crook-back Richard got the crownc, 7 J 

Xing Edwards friends were foon put downe. 

I then was puniiht for my fin. 

That I fo long had lived in ; 

Yea, every one that was his friend. 

This tyrant brotight to (hamefull end. So 

Then for my lewd and wanton life. 
That made a ftrumpet of a wife, 
I penance did in Lo'mbard-(lrect, 
In ihamefull manner in a flieet. 

Where many thoufands did me viewcf,' 8 j 

Who late in court my credit knewe ; 
Which made the teares run down my frice. 
To thinke upon my foul difgrace^ 

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Not thus content, they took from mee 

My goodes, ray livings, and my fee/ 9* 

And charged that none ihould me reHeYe, 

Nor any fuccour to me give. 

Then unto Mrs. Blague I went. 

To whom my jewels I had fent. 

In hope therebye to eafe my want, 95 

When riches fail'd,'and love grew fcant. 

But fhe denyed to me the fame 

When in my need for them I came ; 

To recompence my former love. 

Out of her doores fhee did me fhove». 10^ 

So love did vanifh with my date. 
Which now my foul repents too Jate; 
Therefore example take by mee. 
For friendihip parts in povertie. . 

But yet one friend among the reft, toj 

Whom I before had feen diftreft. 
And fav'd his life, condemned to die. 
Did give me food to fuccour me. 

for which, by lawe, it was decreed 

That he was hanged for that deed ; 110 

His death did grieve me fo much more> 

Than had I dyed myfelf therefore* 

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A N D B A L L A D S. 257 

*Fhen thofe to whom I had done good, 

Durft not afford mec any food ;' 

Whereby I begged all the day, 1 1 <; 

And ftill in flreets by night I lay. 

My gowns befet with pearl and gold. 

Were turn'd to fimpte garments old ^ 

My chains and gems and golden rings. 

To filthy rags and loathfome things. 1 20 

Thus was I icorn'd of maid and wife. 
For leading fuch a wicked life ; 
Both fucking babes, and children fmall^ ^ 
Did make their padime at my fall. 

I could not get one bit of bread, 125 

Whereby my hunger might be fed,' 
Nor drink, bdt fuch as channels yields 
Or ilinkifxg ditches in the field.' 

Thus, weary of my life, at lengthc 

I yielded up my vital ilrength, 136 

Within a ditch of loathfome fcent. 

Where carrion dogs did much frequent : 

The which now fince my dying daye. 
Is Shoreditch call'd, as writers faye *, 
Vol. II. R Which 

• But it bad this name long hefort^ ; being fo called from hs be- 
ing a common SEPTER (^vulgarly SHORE) or drain. See Sto-w, 



258 ANCIENT SONGS 

Which is a witnefs of my finne» 13 j 

For being concubine to a king* 

You wanton wiyeis, tliaj; fell to luft. 

Be you aflur'd that God is juft ; 

Whoriedome fhall not efcape his hand. 

Nor pride impuniih'd in this land. 149 

If God to me fuch (hame did bring, 
Th^at yielded only to aTcing, 
How ihall they fcape that daily i^un 
To pradiife fin with every one ? 

You hufbandsy match not but for love, 145 

Left fome difliking after prove ; 

Women be warn'dnvhen you are wives. 

What plagues are due to finful lives : 

Then maids and wives in time amend> 
For love and beauty will have end. 



THE END OF THE SECOND BOOL 



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fl « c 31 i£ je a: 
SONGS AND BALLADS, 

SERIES THE SECOND. 
B O O K ID. 



THE COMPLAINT OF CONSCIENCE. 

Thefullawng tM aUegtric falirt ii friaUd frem thi t£- 
ter't folio MS. Tbii mamer tf moralizingy if net firfi 
aJopttJfy tbi mtbtr ^ Pierce Plowman's Visions, 
•ivai at leaft chiefiy hraaght into repiiit by that tuident /ali- 
rift. It it not fe gintrally ine^n that thi kitid of •verfe ufid 
in ibis ballad bath any affinity luith the pteuUar metre of 

. that ii/riler, far ivhirh ria/in IpaU ibroto together feme cur- 
fory remarh en that •aery fingular fpecits of •uerjtficalien, 

I the naturt of lubiib hat teett/o I'lile underfiooi. 

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26o ANCIENT SONGS 

On the metre 

OF 

Pierce Plowman's Visions. 

We learn from Wormius *, that the ancient IJlaniicfoets 

ufed a great 'variety of meafyres : he mention 1 36 different 

hinds y nuithout including rhyme, or a correfpondence offaid 

fyllables : yet this iwas occajionally ufedy as appears from the 

Ode ofEgiiy ijuhich Wormius hath inferted in his book. 

He hath analyfed the ftruQure of one of thefe kinds of 
•verfcy the harmony of nuhich neither depended on the quantitj 
§f the fyllables^ like that of the ancient Greeks and Romans ; 
nor on the rhymes at the end^ as in modern poetry ; but com- 
Jifted altogether in alliteration^ or a certain artful repetition 
of the founds in the mddle of the tverfis. This *was adjujted 
according to certain rules of their profody^ one of nvhich ijoat 
that enjery difiich ftyould contain at Uaft three ^words beginning 
mvith the fame letter or found, Tiuo of thefe eorrefpondent 
founds might be placed either in thefirfty or fecond line of the 
diftichy and one in the other : but all three *were not regularly 
to be crouitded into one line. This 'will be hefl underflood by 
the folloixjing examples f . 

<* Meire og minne «« Gab ginanga 

Mogu heimdallcr,'* Enn gras huergc.*' 

There ^were many other little niceties ohfer^ved by the IJlandic 
poetSy fwho as they retained their original language and pecu- 
liarities longer them the other nations of Gothic race y had tint 

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* Literatura Runlca, HafnU iS-^S, ^0, — 1651.^/, ^tkt 
IsLANDic language is of the fume origin as our Anglo-Saxon, 
being both dialeSts of the ancient Gothic or Teutonic. Set 
'* Five pieces of Runic poetry tranjlated from the IJlandic language^ 

t t'U Hickes Atttlq. liieratm', SepttntrionaU Tom. i.p, »X7. 



AND BALLADS. a6i 

f euhi'oate their native foetry morey and to cany it to a 
higher pitch of refinement y than any of the reft. 

Their brethren the Jnglo-faxou poets occafionally ufed the 
/ame kind of alliteration^ and it is common to meet in their 
^writings withfimilar examples of the foregoing rules. Take 
€m inftanceor fwoin modern characters : * 

«« Skeop tha and Ikyrede " Ham and heahfetl 
Skyppendure.'* Heofena rikes." 

/ Anotu not hoivever that there is any ftvhere extant an intire 
'Saxon poem all in thismeafure. But dijlichs of this fort per- 
petually occur in all their poems of any length, 

NotJUy if fwe examine the verfification ^Pierce Plow- 
man's Visions, ivejhallfind it conftruhed exactly by theje 
rules ; and therefore each line, as printed^ is in reality adi-r 
Jlich oftiuo verfesy andijjillf I belie<vey be found diftinguijhed 
As/uch^ by/ome mark or other in all the ancient MSS, viz, 

** In a fomer feafpny \ ivhen * hot f wuas thefunne, 

■** Ijhope me intojhrouhsy j as I a Jhepe nusre ; 

** In habite as an harmet | unholy of njjerkesy 

** Went <wyde in thys njuorld j nuonders to heare^ He* 

So that the author of this poem mjillnot be found to harve in- 
^vented any neuj mode of<verJificationy asfome ha<ve fuppofedy 
but only to hwve retained that of the old Saxon and Gothic 
pofts ; ivhich «was probably ne^ver <wholly laid afide, but oc- 
cafionally ufed at different inter^vals ; tho* the ra'vages of 
time nxjill not fuffer us no'w to produce a regular feries of poems 
entirely 'written in it. 

There are fome readers y nvhom it may gratify to mentiony 
that tbefe VisiONg of Pierce [/. e. Peter] the Plow- 
MAN> are attributed to Robert Langlandy a fecular priefty 

R 3 born 



• Ihid. 

t So liuouldread ivith Mr. JTarton, rather than either * Jojlt' 
eu in MSSy or */et * as in tCC. 



l62 ANCIENT SONGS 

horn at Mortimer* s CUdmry in Sbropfiirt^ aitd ftttonu ff 
Oriel college in Oxford^ tube floitrified in the reigns of Ed" 
nu'ard IIL and Richard II, and fublijbed bis poem afpv* 
years after 135©. It confifts of xxYk%%v^ or Breaks*, 
ixbibiting a Jeries of vifions, nvbicb be pretends happened to 
bim on Mal<vern bills in Worcefterjbire, Tbe author exceUs 
inftrong allegoric paintings and has nmth great humour ^fpirit 
andfancy cenfured moft of the vices incident t^thefenierafpro^ 
fejfions of life ; hut he particularly inveighs againft the corrupt 
tions of the clergy ^ and the abfurdities cffuperftition. Of this 
•work I have no*w before me four different editions in black 
Utter quarto. Three of them are printed /« 1 5 50 i^P fltlfttrtr 
CtciDlep inoentns in €Xist rentejf in Vtfnbntnt* // is remark- 
able that fwo of thefe are mentioned in the title page as both 
ef the fecond imprefftouy tho* they contain evident variations 
in every page \. The other is fat d to be netoTpe imprpilte^ ftfttt 
tfir atttl)6rjfoltecop9. •• ^^9 ^^^^ntRo^et;^ Feb. 21. 1561. 
As Langland vjas not thefirfty fo neither tvas he the lafi 
that ufed this alliterative /pedes of verfification. To Ro^ 
gers*s edition of the Vifions is fubjoined a poem^ tvhich voas 
probably ivrit in imitation of them y intitled Pierce the 
Plo V G H M A n's Cr E D £• // begins thus. 






Cros, and curt eis Chrifly this beginning fpede 
For the fcuiers frendjhipe^ that fourmed heaven. 
And through thefpecialfpirity tbatfprong of hem tvoeyne^ 
And al in one godhed endles d^welleth^** 

The 



• The poem properly contains xxi parts : the word passus, 
adopted by the author^ feems only to denote the break or divifion 
bet-ween tivo parts, tbo* by the ignorance of the printer applied to 
the parts them/elves* 

+ That 'which feem the firft of the tniOy is thus diJKngvified in 

the title pa^ty notoe tfte fctonbe tpme imprinted ip Hoiecte 
CrotoTpe ; the other thus, Mfim tf^t fetonOe time imprintcii ij 

ISoiiette Crototep* In the former the folios are thus erroneoujfy 
numbered 39. 39. 41. 63. 4.3. 42. 45. &c. The bookfellers oftbofe 
days v:ere notfo ojientatious of multiplying editions. 



A N D B A L L A D S. 263 

^be author feigns himfelf ignorant of his creed^ to be inJiruSed 
in «wbich he applies to the four religious orders y *viz, the gray 
friers of St, Francisy the Mack friers of St, Dominic, the Car- 
melites or njohite friers, and the Auguftines, This affords him 
occafion to defcrihe in n^ery li^vely colours the Jloth, ignorance 
and immorality of thofe re<verend drones. At length he 
fneets *with Pierce a poor ploughmany ivho refol<ves his 
doubts and inftruBs him in the principles of true religion, 
^he author ivas evidently afollo^wer of Wiccliffy 'whom he 
mentions (ixjith honour ) as no longer Having *^ No^w that 
reformer dyed in 1 384. How long after his death this poem 
*was ^written does not appear. 

In the Cotton library is a 'volume of ancient Englip poems^ y 
tnvo of fwhich are ^written in this alliterative metre^ and 
have the di*vtfion of the lines into difiichs difiinSly marked by 
a pointy as is ufualin old poetical MSS, That njohich ftands 
fir ft of the tivo ftho* perhaps the lateft ^written) is intitled 
The 8EGE OF Terlam. \i. e, Jerufalem'] being an old 
fabulous legend compofed by fome monky and fluffed ivitb mar^ 
*uellous figments concerning the deflru&ion of the holy city and 
temple* It begins thus, 

€*. Jff Tyberius tyme • the trenve emperour 

" Syr Sefarhymfelf' befledinRome 

«« Why II Pylat was provofle - under that pry nee rycbe 

** And Jewesjuflice alfo • of Judeas londe 

** Herode under empere • as herytage ^wolde 

'' Kyng, yc.» 

The ether is intitledCHEVBLEKE assicne [^rDeCigne], 
that is " The Knight of the Swan," being an ancient Ro- 
mance, beginning thus, 

** Alliveldynge God' ivhene it is his'wylle 

** Wele he wereth his fwerke • ^with his onvene honde 

** For ofte harmes ivere hente • that helpe we ne myzte 

R 4 " Nere 

• Signature C. (i. j. Caligula A. ij.fol.io^aii. 



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ANCIENT SONGS 



** Nere the hyznes ofbym • that lengeth in bivene 
" For this I3c. 

Among Mr. Garrick*s coUe^ion of old plays •, // a profe nar^ 
rative of the ad'ventures of this fame knight of tbefvaattt 
** neuuly tranjlated out of Frenjhe in to Englyfie at thin- 
*' fligacion of the puyjfaunt and illuftryous pry rice ^ lorde 
** Ed-ward duke of Buckynghame,** ■ This lord it feems 
had a peculiar intereft in the bookj for in the preface the 
tranflator tells us^ that this *• highe dygne and illufiryous 

* prynce my lorde Ednuarde by the grace of god Duke of Buck- 
^ y^gbam^, erle of Hereforde^ Stajffhrde and Northamptony dt- 
< Jyrynge cotydyally to encreafe and augment the name and fume 

* offuch as *were relucent in *vertuous featef and triumpbauxt 
' aSes of chyvalryy and to encourage andjlyre e^fry lufty and 

* gentell herte by the exemplyficacyon of the fame ^ ha'vyng a 

* gondii booke of the highe and miraculous hiftori of a famous 

* andpuyffaunt kynge^ named Oryanty fometime reynynge in th 
' parties tfbeyonde thefea^ ha^vynge to bis mjife a noble ladji 

* of luhoms Jhe conceyved fixefonnes and a daughter ^ and 

* chylded of them at one only ty'me ; at nvhofe byrthe ecbom 

* of them had a chayne of Jylver at their neckesy the labiche 

* nvere alltourned by the pronjydence ofgoclinio fwiytefwannes 
' (fa*ve one) of the nuhiche this prefent hyftory is compyled^ 

* named Helyas^ the knight of the S^wannCy or who me 

* LINIALLY IS DYSCENDED MY SAYD^ LO|tD£. The 

* 'whicbe entfntify to have the fay de hyftory more amply and 
' unyverfaUy knoiven in thys hys natif countriey as it is in 
' other, bath of hys hie bountie by fome of bis faithful 

* and trufti fervauntts coborted mi mayfter Wynkin' de 

^ Wordi t to put the fold vertuous hyftori in printe at 

' *whofe inftigacion and ftiring I (Robert e Copland) hq*vc 
^ me appliedy moiening the helpe of god y to reduce and 

tranjlate it into out maternal and njulgare ertglip tonge 
after the capacite and rudeneffe of my iveke entendement. ** 

■ ■ jf 

• X FoL t ^- de Worde's edit, if ini^it. Ser *^eu 

p. 92 . Mr. G's copy is « f ^mprmteb «t Hontion !j^ nw i©i?I' 



A N D B A L L A D S. 265 

^ A curious piSiure of the times. While in Italy Utera- 

ture and the fine arts were ready to burft forth with clajp- 
cal fplendor under Leo Xy thefirft peer if this realm was 
proud to deri've his pedigree from a fabulous knight of 

THE SWAN*. 

To return to the metre of Pierce Plowman ; In the foli% 
MS.fo often quoted in thefe ^volumes, are two poems writtem 
in that Jpecies of <verfification. One of thefe is an ancient al- 
legorical poem ^ intitkdpBf^TH ANX) LiFFE, (inzfitts OT 
parts ^ containing 458 diftichs) which for ought that appears 
fnay have been 'written as early ^ if not before y the time of 
Langland. Thefirft forty lines are broke astheyfoouldbe into 
di/Hcbsy a diftinSfion that is negle^ed in the remaining pqft 
of tbepoemy in order Ifuppofe tofa've room. It begins, 

f* Chrift chriften king, 

that on the crofse t holed i 
<* Hadd paines and paeons 

to defend ourfoules ; 
*.' Gi^ve us grace on the ground 

the greatly e toferve, 
f< For that royall red blood 

that rannfrom thy fide J* 

The fuBjeSi of this piece is a <vifion, ivherein the poet fies 
a conteftfor fyperiority between " our lady dame life," and 
the ** ugly fiend dame death ;" who with their federal 
attributes and concomitants are perfonified in a fine *oeif$ of 
allegoric painting. Part of the defcription of dame Life is 

" Shee was brighter of her bleey 

then was the bright fonn : 
* « Her rudd redder then the rofcy 

that on the rife hangeth : 
** Meekely fmiling with her mouth. 

And merry in her lookes^ <« E'ver 

• He is /aid tn theflory-hook fo be the grtfnd/atber of Godfrey 
of Boulogne y thro'' iMhom Ifuppofe the duke made out bis rehtioa 
to Bim, 'This Duke was beheaded y May 17, 1521.13 Hen. Fill, 



266 ANCIENT SONGS 

** E*ver laughing for love, 

asjheelike *wouU» 
** And aijhee came by the hashes ^ 

the houghes eche one 
*« They lonjutedto that ladye, 

and lay d forth their branches ; 
** Blojpmes, and burgens > 

breathed fullfweete ; 
** Flowers fourijbed in the frith, 

nvherefl?ee forth flepped ; 
«^ And the grafie, that was gray, 

greened believe?* 

Death is afterwards fietched out with a no lefs bold and 
original pencil, 

The other poem is thaty ^which is quoted in the zjthpage of 
this volume^ and ivhich ivas probably the laft that njoas ever 
tvritten in this kind of metre in its original fimpUcity unac- 
companied luith rhyme. It fiould haite been ooferved abvot 
inpag, 27, that in this poem the lines are throughout dividid 
into diftichs, e,g. 



" Grant gracious Godj 

grant me this time He* 



It is itttitled Scottish feildb (in 2 fitts, 420 H- 
fiichsy) containing a 'very circumfiantial narrati*ve of tht 
battle of Flodden^ fought Sept, 9. 1513.* at nvhich the au- 
thor feems to ha'ue been prefentfrom his fpeaking in the ft ft 
perfon plural, 

** Then WE tild downe our tents, 
that told were a thoufand^^ 

In the conclujion of the poem hegi*ves this account ofhimfelf 

" He ivas a gentleman by fefu, 
that this gefi made : 
3 -^ « WM 



AND BALLADS. 267 

" Which fay hut as be fayd^ 

forfooth and noe other ^ 
** At Bagtly that hearne 

his hi^ng place had ; 
** And his anceftors of old time 

hcpveyearided theire longe^ 
'* Before f^illiam conquer our 

this cuntry did inhabitt. 
*' Jefus bring * them f to hlifse, 

that brought us forth of bale, 
** That hath hearkened me heare 

or heard my TALZ.''* 

The tillage of Bagily or Baguleigh is in Chejhire, of luhich 
county the author appears to hai;e heenfom other paffages in 
the body of the poem^ particularly from the pains be takes to 
ivipe off a fain from the Chejhire-men, nvho itfeems ran a^ay 
in that battle^ and from his encomiums on the Stanleys earls Of 
Derby^ rn^ho ufually headed that county. He laments the 
death of James Stanley bijhop of Ely, as *what bad recently 
happened when this poem ivas ^written : ivhich fer<ves to 
af certain its date, for that prelate died March zz. 151 4-5 . 

Thus have ive traced the alliterative meafurefo. lovj as the 
fixteenth century. It is remarkable that all fucb poets as %fed 
this kindofmetrey retained along njuitb it many peculiar Saxon 
idioms J particularly fuch as luere appropriated to poetry : 
this Aeferves the attention of thofe, <who are defsrous tq re- 
cover the laws of the ancient Saxon poejy, ufually given up 
as inexplicable : I am of opinion that they will find what 
theyfeek in the metre of Pierce Plowman t. 

About the beginning of the fixteenth century this kind of 
verftfication began to change its form-, the author of Scottish 
Field, we fee, concludes his poem with a couplet of rhymes ; 
this was an innovation, that did but prepare the way for 

the 

• Probafyfy corrupted for ^ « fays but as hefaw, ' f * «J ' MS. 
I Atidtn that oj Robert of Gloucefier. See the next wie. 



a68 ANCIENT SONGS 

the general admijjion of that more modijh ornament, Whtn 
rhyme began to be fuper aided ^ all the niceties of alliteration 
nvere. at firfi retained nuith it : the Jong of Little Jons 
Nobody exhibits this union very clearly. It may alfohe 
traced, tho* not fo perfectly * in an older poem by no means in- 
elegant, iniitled h Dyalogue [beftveen a falcon and py] 

DEFENSYVE FOR WOMEN ACAYNST MALICYOUS DE- 

TRACTOURES. The author's name Robert Vachane 
is prefixed to a fe^w epiloguizJng fonnets at the end of the 
hcoky ivhich thus concludes ^ Cljujl entctfi t|>e ftocoti anft 
t!jr p?e. SCnno 50rnt. 154^. f SJmprpnteH lip me Slo(. iDptr 
fcr latcUarbe i:5anfccjl, &c. Jf this d*J)ertation nuere net al- 
reudy too prolix I could gi<ve feme pleajitig extraSs from this 
poem. 

To proceed; the old uncouth 'verfe of the ancient vjriirn 
vjculd no longer go donun nvithout the more fajhionahle orna- 
ment of rhyme y and therefore rhyme fnvas fuperadded. This 
correfpondence of final founds engrofpng the *whole attention cf 
the poet and fully fatisfying the reader, the internal imhellijh- 
ment of alliteration luas no longer fiudied, and thus nuas this 
kind of metre at length f^walloiued up and loft in our cemmn 
burlefque alexandrine *, nciv never ufed but infongs andpiects 
of hiu humour, as in the Jollovjing ballad^ and that ivell- 
incivn dcggrelf 

"A 

• U^hai is here called the hurJeJipte alexandrine (to diJUnguiJh it 
fro?n the other alexandrines of 12 and i^Jfyllables, the parents of 
cnr lyric mrafure '.fee examples p, 15a. fifr. J 'was early appliedbf 
Kobert oj Ckucejier to fertous fubjcdls. That nvriter's metre, hh 
this of LanglantCs, is formed on the Saxon models, (each verfe »/ 
his containing a Saxon diftich) only inftead oftije internal allitera- 
tions adopted by Langland, he rather ckofe final rhymes^ as tit 
French fotts have done fince. Take a fpecimen^ 

*« The Saxons tbo in tber pciver, tho thii nverefo rive, 

" Seve kingdoms made in Engelonde, andfuthe but vive : 

«* The hifig of Nortljomberlouds and of Eafian^le alfo, 

«» Of Kcnt^ and of Wefifex^ and of the March tbertor 



r 



A K D BALLADS. 169 



•• A cohUr there ^was, and be lived, in ajiallj* 

JSut aJtifO* this kindofmeafure hath lulth us heen thus degrade 
gdt it ft ill ret cans among the French its ancient dignity : the 
French heroic *ver/e is the fame genuine offspring of the old 
alliterative metre of the ancient Gothic and Francic poets* 
Jiript like our doggrell of its alliteration and fettered nxiith 
rbymen Buty lefs reftrained than ours, it fill exercifes its 
exncient ponver of augmenting and contrasting the number of its 
^llahleSi its harmony ivhoiy depending en the difpofal of the 
paufe^ and adjuftment of the cadence. It is remarkable that 
^wbile the heroic njerfe of the Englijh^ Italian, and Spanijh 
poets is invariably limited to ten fyllahles *, that of the 
French, a loofe rambling kind of meafure, is confined to no 
certain number ^ but admits of fucb variety that a verfe of 
eleven fyllables Jhall not unfrequently be coupled to another of 
fourteen. This freedom better fits it for the loofe numbers of 
ft age, than for the more ftately meafure of Epic poetry, The 
f^ifions of Pierce Plovuman and other pieces in the alliterative 
metre, exhibit the fame variety, vjith a cadence fo exa^ly 
refembling the heroic meafure of the French poets, that no pe^ 
£uliarity of their verftfication can be produced, vjhich cannot be 
exaBly matched in the alliterative metre. Take a feiu in- 
fiances both infingle and double rhymes, confronted vjith parf 
of the defcription ^ death, in the eld allegorical poem 
abovementioned„ In thefe I fhcdl denote the paufe by a per- 
pendicular line, and the cadence by the marks of the Latin 
frofody\. 



• Or eleven, nvhen terminated -ivith a double rhyme. I Ifellc^'e 
^tb the Spanifl) and Englijb poets borrowed their heroic verfe cf 
ten fyllables from the Italian f or perhaps Provencal Bards. 

t The French verfe properly confifts of four Anopefts [" " "] iho'' 
to vary the cadence they are often intermingled vjitb Spondees, 
Iambics, Trochees, &Cm 



^^<x ANCIENT SONGS 

Le nSccei flSt todjoiin | iin &ifant ^l 1' audace : 
L* hSmme prGdent veit trop J 1* ilISfTon M fuit, 
L* intrifplde Yoit mleuz | et Ic fantSme fiiit. 

Cataliia aft x, 
. « 5^^ wai iitf^^V ax fivy ffa/7 | b}^b alove Snd b^Iow : 
** Her cbitkt w?re lank, Uake, \ bUr tippet werefSll tide, 
<K and ter iln like lead | that wot IdteiJ ieat,^* 

Meme aiiz yeux de 1* lojufte | iia lajufte tBt horrible* 

BoileaoSat. 
<« ^Itb S mSrviloat moutb | tbdt mat full yiUng tSjbetr 



Dii menfonge totijoun | IS vrai difmeare oiaitie i 

Pour paroitriS Jionnlfte homme | en iSn mot, il faut I* etre/' 

Boil. Sat. II. 
" And.,. tb)tfZuPffifr^ah | tbStfSrm^d mat ev^r, 
<c £iUr« vfdt wonder ISfg and teane | and all ISdly^ tUfSe fS.** 

To conclude ; tbi metre of Pierce Plowman^ s Vifions bos no 
kind of relation «witb ivhat is commonly called iiank 'verft, 
yet bas it a fort of barmony of its own, proceeding wot Jo 
mucbfrom its alliteration, as from tbe artful dijpq/alof its 
cadence, and tbe contrivance of its paufe* So that ivben tbe 
ear is a little accuftomed to it, it' is iy no means ut^leafttg, 
but claims all the merit of tbe French heroic numhersf onfy 
fome^wbat lefspoUJhed\ being fweetenedf in/lead of their fiui 
rhymes, with the internal recurrence of fwular founds . 



AS I walked of late by an wood fide. 
To God for to meditate was mine entent ; 
Where under an hawthorne I faddenly ipyed 
A filly poore creature ragged and rent. 
With bloody teares his fiice was befprent, j 

His flefhe and his color confomed away. 
And his garments they were all mire, mucke, and clay. 

This made me mufe, and much < to' 4cfire 
To know what kind of man hee fliold bee ; 

Iftept 



AND BALLADS. 271 

I flept to him ftraight, and did him require 10 

His name and his fecrets to ihew unto mee* 

His head he call up, and woeful was hee. 
My name, quoth he, is the caufe of my care. 
And makes me fcomed, and left here fo bare. 

Then ftraightway he tumd him, andprayd me fitdowne. 
And I will, faith he, declare my whole greefe ; 16 

My, name is called. Conscience : — wheratt he did 

frowne. 
He repined to repeate it, and grinded his teethe, 
* Thoughe now, filly wretche, I'm denyed all releefe, * 
* Yet ' while I was young, and tender of yecres, 20 
I was entertained with kinges, and with peeres. 

There was none in the court that lived in fuch fame. 

For with the kinges councell I fate in commilfion ; 

Dukes, earles, and barons cfteem'd of my name ; 

And how that I liv'd there, needs no repetition : 25 

I was ever holden in honeflr condition. 

For how-e'er the lawes went in Weftminfter-hall, 
When fentence was given, for me they wold call. 

No incomes at all the landlords wold take. 
But one pore peny, that was their fine ; ^o 

And that they acknowledged to be for my fake. 
The poore wold doe nothing without councell mine : 
I ruled the world with the right Hne : 

For nothing era pafled betweene foe and friend. 
But Confciencc wa^ callei to be at the end. 35 

Noe 



«72 ANCIENT SONGS 

Noe bargaine, nor merchandize merchants wold nakt 
Bat I was called a witneffe thetto i 
No ufe for noe money, nor forfeit wold tate; 
But I wold controule them, if that they did foe : 
And that makes me live now in great woe, 40 

For then came in Pride, Sathan's difciple. 
That is now entertained with all kind of people. 

He brought with him three, whole names * thus they call' 
That is Covetoufnes, Lecherye, Ufury, beiide : 
They never prevaiPd, till they wrought my downe-fallj 45 
Soe Pride was entertained,. but Confcience decried. 
And * now ever fince' abroad have I tryed 

To have had entertainment with fome one or other ; 

But I am rejected, and fcorned of my brother. . 

Then went I to Court the gallants to winne, 50 

But the porter kept me out of the gate : 
To Bartle'mew fpittle to pray for my finne. 
They bade me goe packe, itt was fit for /ny ftate ; 
Goe, goe, thread-bare Confcience, and feeke thee a mate. 
Good Lord, long prefer ve my king, prince, andqucenc, 
With whom I ever efteemed have beene. 56 

Then went I to London, where once I did dwell : 
But they bade away with me, when they knew my name ; 
For he will undoe us to bye and to fell ! 
They bade me goe packe me, and hye me for fhame; 60 
They laught at my raggs, and there had good game ; 

2 This 



AND BALLADS. ^73 

This is old thread-bare Confcience, that dvrelt wiih 

faint Peter ; 
Bat they ^old not admitt me to be a chimney fweeper. 

Not one wold receive me, the Lord he doth know ; 

I having but one poore pennye in my purfe^ 65 

On an awle and fome patches I did it beftow ; 

For I thought better cobble fhoes than to doe wor(e : 

Straight then all the coblers began for to carfe, 

And by fiatute wold prove me a rogue, and forlome. 
And whipp me out of towne to feeke where I was 
borne. ^o 

Then did I remember, and call to my minde. 

The Court of Confcience where once I did fit» 

Not doubting but there I favor (hold iind, 

Sith my name and the place agreed foe fit ; 

But fure of my purpofe I fayled a whit, 75 

For * thoughe' the judge, asd my name In eveiy com. 
miiliony 

The lawyers with their quillets wold get my difmlflioa.. 

Then Weftminfter-hall was no pl^^ce for me 5 
Good lord ! how the Lawyers began to aflemblr. 
And feaffull they were, left there I fhold bee L 8o» 

The filly poore clarkes began for to tremble ; 
J fhowed thexx^ my canfcu and did not diflemble ; 
Soe they gave me fome money my charges to beare. 
But fwore me on a booke I mud never. come there. 
YoL. H.. a Ncxtt 



aj4 ANCIENT SONGS 

Next the Merchants faid, Counterfeke, get thee away, 85 
Doft thou remember how we thee fond ? 
We banifht thee the conntry beyond the fait Tea, 
And fett thee on (hore in the New-found land. 
And there thou and wee moft friendly fhook hand. 
And we were right glad when thou didft refofe us ; 99 
For when we wold reape thou woldft accufe us ; 

Then had I noe way, bat for to go on 
To Gentlemens houfes of an ancyent name ; 
Declaring my greefibs, and there I made moane, 
Telling how their forefathers had held me in fame ; g^ 
And at letting their farmes how always I came. 
They fayd, Fye upon thfee ! we may thee curfe : 

Theire leafes continue, and we fare the woHe. 

\ 

And then I was forced a begging to goe 
To hufbandmens houfes, who greeved right fore, ico 
And fware that their landlords had plagued them (be. 
That they were not able to keepe open dore, 
Nor nothing had left to give to the poore : 
Therfore to this wood I doe me repayre. 
Where hepps and hawes, it is my beft fare. 1*5 



Yet within this fame defert fome romfort I have 
Of Mercye, of Pittye, and of Almes-deeds ; 
Who have vowed to company me to my grave. 
We are all put to (ilence, and live upon weeds, 
And hence fuch cold houfe-keeping proceeds : i ic 

-' ■ Our 



AND BALLA D S. 275 

Our banifhment is its utter decay, 

The which the riche glutton will anfwer one day. 

Why then, I faid to him, me- thinks it were beft 
To goe to the Clergic ; for daylie they preach 
Eche man to love you above all the reft ; 115 

Of Mercye and Pittye and Almes-deeds they tcache. 
O, faid he, noe matter a pin what they preache, 

For their wives and their children foe hange them upon. 
That whofoever gives almes they can give none. 

Then laid he him dowrie, and turned him away, 1 20 
And prayd me to goe, and leave him to reft. 
I told him, I haplie might yet fee the day 
For him and his fellowes to live on the beft. 
Firft, faid he, banifhe Pride, then England were bleft. 
For then thofe wold love us, that now fell their land, 1 25 
And then good houfe-keeping wold revive out of hand. 



II. 



t^ 



PLAIN TRUTH, AND BLIND IGNORANCE, 

l^his excellent old ballad is pre/er*ved in the little ancient' 
mifcellany intitled, *' The Garland of Good^mlW^ — Igno- 
rance is here made to /peak in the broad Somer/efjhire dia^ 
le£t. Tbe/cene we may Juppofe to be Glaftonbury Abbey, 

S z Truth, 



^^h ANCIENT SONGS 

Truth. 



•• 



GO D fpeed you, ancient father. 
And give you a good dayc ; 
What is the caufe, I praye you. 

So fadly here you ftaye ? 
And that you keep fuch gasdng 5 

On this decayed place, 
The which for fuperftition. 
Good princes down did raze ? 

Ignorance. 
Chill tell thee, by my vazen. 

That zometimes che have known* 10 

A vair and goodly abbey 

Stand here of bricke and (tone. 
And many a holy vrier. 

As ich may fay to thee, 
Within thefe goodly cloyfters 

Che did full often zee. »5 

Truth. 
Then I muft tell thee, father. 

In truthe and veritie, 
A fort of greater hypocrites 

Thou couldft not likely fee ; 20 

Deceiving of the fimple 

With falfe and feigned lies : 

But fuch an order truly 

Chrift never did dcvife. 

Ignorance. 



A N D . B A L L A D S. 277 

ICNORANCB. 

Ah ! ah ! che zmell thee now, man ; 25 

Che know well what thou art; 
A vellow of mean learnings 

Che was not worth a vart : 
Vor when we had the old lawe, 

A merry world was then ; 50 

And every thing was plenty 

Among aU zorts of men. 

Truth. 
Thou givell me an anfwer. 

As did the Jewes fometimes 
Unto the prophet Jeremye, 35 

When he accus'd their crimes : 
*Twas merry, fayd the people, 
' And joy full in our rea'me. 
When we did offer fpice-cakes « 

Unto the queen of heav'n. 40 

Ignorance. 
Chill tell thee what, good vellow e. 

Before the vriers went hence, 
A bufhell of the beft wheate 

Was zold vor vourteen pence. 
And vorty egges a penny, 45 

That were both' good and ncwe ; 
And this che zay my zelf have zeene, 

And ynt ich am no Jewe. 

S 3 Truth. 



^78 ANCIENT SONGS 

Truth. 
Within the facred bible 

We find it written plaine, ro 

The latter days fhould troubldbme 

And dangerous be, certatne ; 
That we fhould be felf-lovcrs. 

And charity wax colde ; 
Then 'tis not true religion rr 

That makes thee grief to hoIde« 

Ignorance. 
Chill tell thee my opinion plaine, 

And choul that well ye knewe, 
Ich care not for the bible booke ; 

Tis too big to be true. So 

Our blefled ladyes pfalter 

Zhall for my money goe, 
Zuch pretty prayers, as there bee. 

The bible cannot zhowc. 

Truth. 
Nowe haft thou fpoken trulye,, 6c 

For in that book indeede 
No mention of our lady, 

Or Romifh faint we read : 
For by the blefled Spirit 

That book indited was, yo 

^ And not by fimf le perfons. 
As was the foolifh mafTe. 

3 Ignorance. 



A N D B A L L A D S. 279 

Ignoranc£. 
Cham zure they were not vooliihe 

That made the maiTe, che trowe : 
Why, man, 'tis all in Latine, 7^ 

And vools not Latine knowe. 
Were not our fathers wife men, 

And they did like it well. 
Who very much rejoyced 

To heare the zacring bell ? ^d 

Truth. 
But many kinges and prophets. 

As I may fay to thee. 
Have wiiht the light that you have^ 

And could it never fee i 
For what art t}>ou the better S5 

A Latin fong to heare. 
And underflandeft nothing', 

That they fing in the quiere. 



Ignorance. 




hold thy peace, che pray tkee, 




The noife was paffing trim 


90 


To heare the vriers zinging. 




As we did enter in ; 




And then to zee the rood loft 




Zo bravely zet with zaints j— 




But now to zee them wandi'ing 


95 


Aly heart with zorrow v^iats. 




S4 


Trutb. 

• 



1 



d8o ANCIENT SONGS 

Truth, 
The Lord did give commandment. 

No image thou (hoaldil make. 
Nor that unto idolatry 

You fhould your felf betake : loo 

The golden calf of Ifracl 

Mofes did therefore (poile ; 
And Baal's priefts and temple 

Were brought to utter foile. 

Ignorance. 
But our lady of Walfinghame 105 

Was a pure and holy zaint. 
And many men in pilgrimage 

Did fhew to her complaint ; 
Yea with zweet Thomas Becket, 

And many other moe ; 1 10 

The holy maid of Kent * likewife 

Did fnany wonders ^howo. 

Truth. 
Such faints are well agreeing 

To y6ur profeflion fure ; 
And to the men that made them, 115 

So precious and fo pure ; 
The one for being a traytoure. 

Met an untimely death ; 
The other eke for treafon 

Did end her hateful breath. 120 

Ignoranck. 
♦ Bji name EUx, Barton, exeiuted Af, $j. 1534. Stc^v,p, 570. 



AND BALLADS/ 281 

Ignorancbw 
Yea, yea, it is no matter, 

Diipraife them how you wille : 
But zure they did much goodnefle ; 

Would they were with us ftille ! 
We had our holy water, 125 

And holy bread likewife. 
And many holy reliques 

Wc zaw before our eyes. 

Truth. 
And all this while they fed you 

With vain and emptye Ihowe, 130 

Which never Chrift commanded. 

As learned doftors knowe : 
Search then the holy (criptures. 

And thou (halt plainly fee 
That headlong to damnation 13^ 

They alway trained thee. 

Ignorance. 
If it be true, good vellowe. 

As thou doft zay to mee. 
Unto my heavenly fader 

Alone then will I flee : 140 

Believing in the Gofpel, 

And paiTion of his zon. 
And with the zubtil papiftes 

Ich have for ever done. 

III. THE 



282 ANCIENT SONGS 



III. 
THE WANDERING JEW, 

l^he ftory of the Wandering Jew is of conftderable anti- 
^uify : it had obtained full credit in this part of the «worU 
before the year 1 228, as nve learn from Mat. Paris, For 
in that y ear t it feems, there came an, Armenian arcbbijbof 
into England^, to 'vijit the Jhrines and reliques prefer^ved in our 
churches ; nvho being entertained at the monaflery of St, Albans t 
Kvas afked fe<veral quefiions relating to his country^ l^c. 
Among the reft a monk^ lohofate near him, inquired *' if he 
had e^verfeen or heard of the famous perfon namid Jofepb, 
that nuas fo much talked of ^who njoas prefent at our Lord* s 
crucifixion and conuerfed nvithhim, and nxjho luas fiillalivt 
** in confirmation of the Chriftian faiths* The archbifiof 
anf'wered. That the fad ivas true. And afternuards one of 
his train, ivho 'was ivell knonun to afer*vant of the abboi*Sf 
interpreting his mafter*s njoords, told them in French^ that 
his lord knenu the ptrfon i hey f poke of very nuell: that he had 
dined at his table but a little ivhile before he left the Eaft : 
that he had been Pontius Pilate* s porter^ by name Cartaphi- 
lus ; luho^ IX- hen they ^ia: ere dragging Jefus out of the door of 
the Judgment hall, firuck him ivith his fift on the back, fay 
ingy ** Gofaft-'r^ Jefus, go /after ; 'why doft thou linger Y^^ 
Upon 'which J ejus looked at him 'with afro^wn and f aid, " / 
** indeed am going, but ihouftpalt tarry till I come. ^^ Soon 

after 



cc 



A N D B A L L A D S, aSj 

gifter he tvau comverteJ, and hepiisced ly the name of Jo" 

Jepb, He lives for every hut at the end of every hundred 

years falls into an incurable jUnefsf and at length into a Jit 

or extafyj out of nvhich nvhen he recovers, he returns to the 

fame flat e of youth he vjas in when Jefus fuffered, being 

then about 30 years of age. He remembers all the circum- 

ftances of the death and refurre^ion rf Chrift^ the faints that 

arqfe ixiith him^ the compofing of the apoftles creeds their 

preachings and difperfion \ and is bimfelf a very grave and 

bolyperfon. This is the fubftauce cf Matthew Paris* s account ^ 

nvho vjas himfelf a monk of St, Albansy and -was living at the 

time ivhen this Armenian archbijhop made the above relation. 

Since his time fevenal impofiors have appeared at intervals 

under the name and charaSter of the ^akderikg Jew; 

vohofe fever al hiflories may befeen in Calmet^s diBioneLry of 

the bible. See alfo the Turkijh Spy, Vol 2. Book 3. Let, 1 . 

fheftory that is copied in the follov)lng ballad is of one% viho 

appeared at Hamburgh in 1 547, and pretended he had been a 

Jevoijh Jhoemaker ^at the time of Chrift^s crucifixion, — The 

ballad hovuever feems to be of later date. It is printed from 

a black-letter copy in the Pepys colle^ion. 



WH £ N as in faire Jerufalem 
Our Saviour Chrift did live. 
And for the fins of all the worlde 

His own deare life did give ; 
The wicked Jewes with fcofFes and fcorncs 

I^id dailye him molefl. 
That never till he left his life. 
Our Saviour could not reft. 



When 



i84 ANCIENT SONGS 

When they had crown'd his head with thomes. 

And fcoargM him to difgrace, lo 

In fcomfull fort they led him forthe 

Unto his dying place ; 
Where thoufand thoufands in the ftreete 

Beheld him pafle along. 
Yet not one gentle heart was there, 15 

That pityed this his wrong. 

Both old and yoang reviled him. 

As in the flreete he wente. 
And nothing found but churlifh tauntes. 

By every ones confente : * to 

His owne deare crofle he bore him(elfe, 

A burthen far too great. 
Which made him in the ftreet to fainte. 

With blood and water fweat. 

Being wearye thus, he fought for reft, 15 

To eafe his burthened foule. 
Upon a ftone ; the which a wretch 

Did churliihly controul; 
And fayd, Awaye, thou kingof Jewes, 

Thou fhalt not reft thee here : 30 

Pafs on ; thy execution place 

Thou fceft nowe draweth neare. 



And 



A N D B A L L A D S. 285 

And thereupon he thruft him thence ; 

At which oar Saviour fayd, 
I fure will reft, but thou fhalt walke, 35 

And have no journey ftaycd. 
With that this curfed Ihocmaker, 

For offering Chrift this wrong. 
Left wife and children, houfe and all. 

And went from thence along. ^o 

Where after he had feene the blonde 

Of Jefus Chrift thus ihed. 
And to the croffe his bodye nail'd, 

Awaye with fpeed he fled 
Without returning backe againe 4S 

Unto his dwelling place. 
And wandred up and downe the worlde, 

A runnagate moft bafe. 

No refting could he finde at all. 

No eafe, nor hearts content ; 5<^ 

No houfe, no homfc, no biding place : 

But wandring forth he went 
From towne to townc in foreigne landes, 

With grieved confcience ftill. 
Repenting for the heinous guilt 5$ 

Of his fore-paffed ill. 

Thiw 



486 ANCIENT SONGS 

Thus after ibme kwe ages paft 

In wandring up and downe. 
He much again defired to fee 

Jerufalcms renoKrne, 6q 

But finding it all ^uite deftroyd. 

He wandred thence with woe. 
Our Saviours wordes, which he had ipoke» 

To verefie and ihowe. 

I'll reft, fayd hee, but thou fliah waike, 65 

So doth this wandring Jewe 
From place to place, but cannot reft 

For feeing countries newe ; -^ 

Declaring ftill the power of him. 

Whereas he comes or goes, 70 

And of sAi things done in the eaft. 

Since Chriil his death, he fhowes. 

\ 

The world he hath ftill compaft round - 

And feene thofe nations ftrangc. 
That hearing of the name of Chrift, 75 

Their idol gods doe change : 
To whom he hath toM wondrous thinges 

Of time forepafl, and go^e. 
And to the princes of the worldc 

Declares his caufe of moane : 80 

Defiring 



A N D B A L L A D S. 287 

Defiring ftill to be diffolvM, 

And yeild his mortal breath ; 
But, if the Lord hath thus decreed, 

He (hall not yet fee death. 
For neither lookes he old nor young, 85 

But as he did thoie times. 
When Chrift did fufFer on the croffc 

For mortall fmners crimes. 

H' hath paft through many a foreigne place, 

Arabia, Egypt, Africa, 90 

Grecia, Syria, and great Thrace, 

/ nd throughout all Hungaria : 
Where Paul and Peter preached Chrift, 

Thofe bleft apoftles deare ; 
There he hath told our Saviours wordes, 95 

In countries far, and neare. 

And lately in Bohemia, 

With many a German towne ; 
And now in Flanders, as tis thought. 

He wandreth up and downe : too 

Where learned n>cn with him conferrc 

Of thofe his lingering dayes. 
And wonder much to heare him tell 

His journeyes, and his wayes. 



If 



«88 ANCIENT SONGS 

If people give this Jew an aline$, 105 

The moft that he will take 
Is not above a groat a time ; 

Which he, for Jefus' fake. 
Will kindlye give unto the pooxe. 

And thereof make no (pare, no 

Affirming ftill that Jefus ChriH 

Of him hath dailye care. 

He ne^er was feene to laaghe nor fmile« 

But weepe and make great moane 1 
Lamenting ftill his miieries, 11; 

And dayes forepaft and gone? 
If he heare any one blafpheme. 

Or take God's name in vaine» 
He telles them that they crucifie 

Their Saviour Chrift againe. izo 

If you had fecnc his death, faith he. 

As thefe mine eyes have done. 
Ten thoufand thoufand times would yee 

His torments think t^on : 
And fufFer for his fake all paine 125 

Of torments, and all woes« 
Thefe are his wordes and eke his life 

Whereas he comes or goes. 



11 



IV. THE 



A N D B A L L A D S. 289 



iv: 

THE LYE, 
By SIR Walteh Raleig h,. 

^^-^ is found in a *very f caret mif cellar^ int tiled " lia*vi/on*s 

** Poems J or a poeticall Rapfodie de'vtdSd' into fixe hookes 

*' The \th imprejjion neiiHy correSied and augmented J and put 
** into a forme more pleafing to the reader » Lond, 1 6 2 1 . 
* * 1 zmoP This poem is reported to ha've been '-written by its ce^ 
Iterated author the night before his execution, 03, 29. 1618. 
Bat this muft be a miftakeyfor there tuere at leaji tnuo editions 
of Da^viforCs poems before that time^ one in 1 608 *; t hi other 
/« 161 1 f. S^o that unlefs this poem ivas an after-infertion in 
the ^h edit, it muft ha^e been tAJritten long before the death 
cf Sir Walter i perhaps it njoas compofed foon after his cow 
demnfiion in 1 603. 

GO E, foule, tRe bodies gueflf,* 
Upon a thankelefle arrant ; 
Fearc not to touch the beft, 

The truth' fliall be thy warrant : 

GoCy fince I needs muft dye, , y. 

And give the world tha Ijx. 
Vol. II. T Goe 

« Catalog, of T, Ra-TvUnfon 17. . 

•| Cat, of Sion coll, librarj. This is either loft or miftaid. 



290 ANCIENT SONGS 

Goe tell the court, it glowes 

And fhines like rotten wood ; 
Goe tell the church it ihowes 

What's good, and doth no good: lo 

If church, and court reply. 
Then give them both the lye. 

Till potentates they live 

Adding by others adlions. 
Not lov'd unlefTe they give, 15 

Not ftrong but by their fadUons : 
If potentates reply. 
Give potentates the lye» 

Tell men of high condition. 

That rule affairs of ftafe^ 29 

Their purpofe is ambition. 
Their pradlife oncly hate ; 
And if they once reply, 
Then give them all the lye. 

Tell them that brave it moft, 25 

•They heir, for more by fpending. 
Who in their greateit coll 

Seek nothing but commending ; 
And if they make reply. 
Spare not to give the lyc» 30 



TcU 



AND BALLADS, 



291 



Tell zeale, it lacks devotion 5 

Tell love it is but luft ; 
Tell time, it is but motion ; 
Tell flefh, it is but duft ; 

And wifti them not reply, 3 5 

For thou muil give the lye. 

Tell age, it daily wafteth ; 

Tell honour, how it alters ; 
Tell beauty, how fhe blafteth ; 

Tell favour, how fhe falters ; 40 

And as they (hall reply. 
Give each of them the lye. 

Tell wit, how much it wrangles 
In tickle points of niceneife ; 
Tell wiredome> fhe entangles 45 

Herfelfe in over-wifenefle | 
And if they do reply. 
Straight give them both the lye. 

Tell phyficke of her bgldneflej 

Tell dLxii, it is preteniion ; 50 

Tell charity of coldnefs ; 
Tell law, it is contention ; 

And as they yield reply, , 

So give them dill the lyc. 

T 2 - TeU 



.292 ANCIENT SONGS 

Tell fortune of her blindneiTe j j^ 

Tell nature of decay ; 
Tell friendfhip of unldndnefTtf ; 
Tell juftice of delay : 
i\ndif they dare reply, 
Then give then* all the lye. #o 

Tell arts, they have no {onndnefkr 

But vary by eflecming ;• 
Tell fchooles, they want pFofoundnefle; 
And (land too much on feeming : 
If arts, and fchooles^ reply* 6j 

Give arts, and fcliooles the lye:. 

Tell faith, it*s fled the citic f 

Tell how the countrey erreth ; 
Tell, manhood (hakes off pitiej 

Tell, vertpe leaft preferreth : fo 

And, if they doe reply,.. 
Spare not to give the ly«; 

So, when thou haft, as I 

Commanded thee, done blabbing^ 
Although to give the lye JTJ 

Defervesno lefs than ftabbing, 
Yet ftab at thee, who will. 
No ftab the foule can'kilL 

V. LORI> 



AND BALLADS. 193 



V. 

LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET, 

A Scottish Ballad, 

"^/eems to becomfojefi (not nuithout impro<vements) out oftivo 
ancient Englijh ones, printed in the former volume. See hook /. 

Miad XIV. and book 11. ballad IV. If this had been 

the original, the authors of thofe tixjo ballads ivould hardly 
hwve adopted tiuo fuch differ e fit fori es : hefides this contains 
enlargements not to he found in either of the others. It is gi'ven 
nvitb fome correSligns^ fr^m a MS. copy tranfmiited from 
^€otland. 



LO R D 'ITiomas and fair Annet 
Sate a' day on a hill ; 
Whan night was cum, and fun was fett. 
They had not talkt their fill. 

Lord Thomas fliid a word in jcft, ^ 

Fair Annet took it ill : 
AMI will nevir wed a wife 

Againll my ain friends will, 

T.3 Gif 



294 ANCIENT SONGS 

Gif ye wuU nevir wed a wife, 

A wife wull neir wed yec. lo 

Sae he is hame to tell his mither. 

And knelt upon his knee : 

O rede, O rede, mither, he fays, 
A gude rede gie to mee : 

fall I tak the nut-browne brid«, 4 j 
And let faire Annet bee ? 

The nnt>browne bride haes gowd and gear. 

Fair Annet ihe has gat nane ; 
And the little beauty fair Annet haes, 

O it wull foon be gane ! 20 

And he has till his brother gane ^ 

Now brother rede ye jnee ; 
A' fall I marrie the nut-browne brid«. 

And let fair Annet bee ? 

The nut-browne btide has oxe&» brother, 35 

The hut-'browne bride has kye; 

1 wad hae ye marrie the nut-browne hnd9f, 
And cail fair Annet bye. 

Her oxen may dye i' the houfe, Billle^ 

And her kye into the byre ; 30 

And I fall hae nothing to my fell, 
Bot a fat fadge by the fyr^. 
3 And 



A N D B A L L A D S, 295 

And he has till his Mer gane : 

Now fifler rede ye mee ; 
O fall I niarrie the nut-brovvne bride, 35 

And fet fair Annet free ? 

Ife rede ye tak fair Annct, Thomas, 

And let the browne bride alane ; 
Left ye fould figh and fay, Alace ! 

What is this we brought hame ? 40 

No, I will tak my mithers counfel. 

And marrie me owt o' hand ; 
And I will tak the nut-browne bride $ 

Fair Annet may leive the land. 

Up then rofe fair Annets father 45 

Twa hours or it wer day, 
And he is gane into the bower. 

Wherein fair Annet lay. 

Rife up, rife up, fair Annet, he fays. 

Put on your ficken Iheene ; .50 

Let us gae to St. Maries kirke 

And fee that rich weddeen. 

My maides, gae to my dreffing roome. 

And drefs to me my hair ; 
Whair-eir yeelaid a plait before, cj 

See yee lay ten times mair. 

T 4 My 



296 ANCIENTSNGOS 

My tnaids, gae to my dreffing room. 

And drefs to me my fmock ; 
The one half is o' the hoUand fine. 

The other o' needle-work. go 

The horfe fair Annet rade upon. 

He amblit like the wind» 
Wi' filler he was ihod before, 

Wi' burning gowd behind. 

Four and twanty filler bells (t 

Wer a' tyed till his mane. 
And yae tift o* the norland wind, 

They tinkled a^e by ane. 

Four and twanty gay gude knichts 

Rade by fair Annets fide, tq 

And four and twanty fair ladies, 

As gin fhe had bin a bride. 

And whan flie cam to Maries kirk. 

She fat on Maries llean ; 
The cleading that fair Annet had on 75 

It fkinkled in their een. 

w 

And whan ihe cam into the kirk 

She fhimmer'd like the fan. 
The belt that wa? about her waift, 

Was a* wi' pearles bedone. 80 

She 



AN D B A L L A D S. 297 

She fat her by the nut-browne bride^ 

And her een they wer fae clear, 
Lord Thomas he clean forgat the bride. 

Whan fair Annet drew near. 



He had a rofe into his hand, Sj 

He gae it ki/Tes three. 
And reaching by the nut-browne bride. 

Laid it on fair Annets knee. 

Up than ipak the nut-browne bride. 

She fpak wi* meikle fpite ; 90 

And whair gat ye that rofe-water. 

That docs mak yee fae white ? 

O I did get the rofe-water, 

Whair ye wull neir get nane. 
For I did get that very rofe-water 95 

Into my mithers wame. 

The bride fhe drew a long bodkin, 

Frae out her gay head gear, 
And flrake fair Annet unto the heart. 

That word fpak nevir mair. 100 

Lord Thomas he faw fair Annet wex pale. 

And marvelit what mote bee : 
But whan he faw her dear hearts blude, 

A' wood-wroth wexed hee, 
Z He 



298 ANCIENT SONGS 

He drew his dagger, that was fae fharpi 105 

That was fae iharp and meet. 
And drave it into the nut-browne bride^ > 

That fell deid at his feit. 

Now fiay for me, dear Annet, he fed. 

Now ftay, my dear, he cry*d; no 

Than ftrake the dagger untill his heart. 
And fell deid by her fide. 

Lord Thomas was buried without klrk-wa'. 

Fair Annet within the quiere ; 
And o' the tane thair grew a birk, 115 

The other a bonny briere. 

And ay they grew, and ay they threw. 

As they wad faine be neare ; 
And by this ye may ken right weil. 

They were twa luvers deare. no 



VI. 
CORYDON's DOLEFUL KNELL 

This Utile Jimple elegy is ^gi*ven, ^with fome correSionh 
frt7n invo copies ^ one of wohich is in *• The golden garland if 
** princely delights'* 



A N D B A L L A D S. 296 

li'he burthen of the Jong, Ding do no, ^r. // at prefent 
appropriated to hurlejque fuhjedsj and therefore may excite 
only ludicrous ideas in a modern reader ; hut in the time of our 
poet it ufually accompanied the moft folemn and mournful 
firains» Of this kind is that fine atrial Dirge in Shakefpear^s 
Tempejiy 



** Full f adorn five thy father lies, 

** Of his hones are cor rail made ; 
** ^hofe are pearles that ^jjere his eyes' \ 

** Nothing of himy that doth fade^ 

But dothfuffer afea-change 

Into fomething rich and ftrange : 

Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell, 
■* Harke no^w I hear e thern^ Ding dong bell»* * 

f *' Burthen, Ding dong.'*] 

I make no doubt but the poet intended to conclude this air in a 
maimer the moft folemn and exprejjt've of melancholy* 






My Phillida, adieu love ! 
For evermore farewel 1 
Ay me ! I Ve loft my true love. 
And thus I ring her knell. 

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, 

My Phillida is dead ! 
I'll flick a brancli of willow 
At my fair Phillis' head. 



For 



360 ANCIENT SONGS 

« 

For my fair Phillida; 

Our bridal bed was made : lo 

But 'jle2.d of /likes fo gay. 

She in her (hroud is laid. 
Ding, &c. 

JHcr corpfe fhall be attended 

By maide? in fair array. 
Till th' obfequies are ended, u 

I And fhe is wrapt in clay, 

ping, &c. 

Her her^ it fhall b.e carried 

By youths, that do excell : 
And when that fhe is buried 

J thus will ring her knell, $o 

Ding, &c, 

A garland fhall be framed 

By art and natures fkill, 
Of fundi y-colour'd flowers. 

In token of good-will : 
Ding, &c. 

And fundry-colour'd ribbands , 25 

On it I will beftow ; 
But chiefly black and jellowe * 

With her to grave fhall go. 
Ding, &c. 

• See aho-Jfyfa^* 175. 



AND B A L L^A I>S. jdi 

I'll decke her tomb with flowers. 

The rareft ever feen, 30 

And with my tears, as ihowers, 

I'll keepe them freflt and green. 
Ding, &c. 

luftead of faireft co-ours, ' 

Set forth with curious art,. 
Her image fhall be painted 35^ 

On my diftrefled heart. 
Ding, &c. 

' And thereon (hall be graven 

Her epitaph fo faire, 
** Here lies the level left maiden, 

<* That e'er gave (hepheard care/ 40 

Ding, &c. 

« 

In fable will I mourne ; 

Blacke fhall be all my weede. 
Ay me ! I am forlorne, 
Now Phillida is dead. 

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, 45^ 

My Phillida is dead ! 
rU llick a branch of willow 
Al my fair PhilUs' head. 



VII. K. 



302 ANCIENT SONGS 



VII. 
K, JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY. 

The common popular ballad of King John and thI 
^BhOT Jiems to han)e been abridged and mioierrttKei ahavi 
the time of James I, from one much older y intitled^ ** Kikg 
** John and the Bishop of Canterbury.*' TbeE£- 
tor's folio MS. contains a copy of this lafti hut in too corrupt a 
ftate to he reprinted ; it honue^ver afforded matr^ lines 'worth 
re'uijtngf fwhicb tvill he found inferted in the enfuing fiansuu- 

The arcbnefs of the folloaving quejtions and anfwers hatif 
been much admired hy our old ballad-makers : for befda tht 
ttvo copies abo*vementiouedj there is extant another ballad 6» 
the fame fuhjeQt (but if no great antiquity or merit) Mtltly 
" Kino Olfrey and the Abbot," Laftly^ ahoutth 
time of the ci^vil ivarsy nvhen the cry ran againft the hilbn^h 
fame Puritan nvorkedup the fame flory into a 'very doleful ^itUi 
to a folemn tune^ concerning *' ICing Henry and a Bi- 
shop , " ijjith this flinging moraly 






Unlearned men hard matters out canfndy 
When learned bijhops princes tyes do blind. ^ 



Thefollo«wing is chiefy printed ffom an ancient black-h'^ 
copy^ *• To the tune of Deny do'wn.'* 

AN ancient ftory He tell you anon 
Of a notable prince, that was called king John ; 
And he ruled England with maine and with might, 
For he did great wrong, and maintein'd little right. 



i 



AND BALLADS. 303 

And He tell you a ftory, a ftory fo mcrrye, e 

Concerning the Abtot of Canterburye ; 
How for his houie-keeping, and high renowne. 
They rode pofte fqr him to fair London towne. 

An hundred men, the king did heare fay. 

The abbot kept in his houfe every day ; lO 

And fifty golde chaynes, without any doubt. 

In velvet coates waited the abbot about. 

How now, father abbot, I heare it of thep. 

Thou keepeft a ferre better houfe than mee. 

And for thy houfe-keeping and high renowne, I c 

I feare thou work'ft treafon agaioft my crowne. 

My liege, quo' the abbot, I would it were knowne, 

I never fpend nothing, but what is my owne ; 

And I truft, your grace will doc me no deere. 

For fpendiag of my oiwno true-gotten geere. 20 

y^s, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe. 
And now for the fame thou necdeil mull dye. 
For except thou canll anfwer me quellions three. 
Thy hekd fhall be fmittcn from thy bodie. 

And firft, quo' the king, when I'm in this ftead, 25 
With my crowne of golde fo faire on my head. 
Among all my liege-men fo noble of birthe 
Thou muft tell me to one penny what I am worthe. 

Secondlyc, 



304 ANCIENT SONGS 

Secondlye, tell me, withoat ally dotfbt. 

Hew foone I may ride the whole world about j 30 

And at the third queflion thou mud not ihrink^ 

But tell me here truly what I do think;r 

O, thefe are hard queilions for my fliallow witt-, 
J^or I cannot anfwer your grace, as yet ; 
But if you will give me but three weekes (pace, 35 

He do my endeavour to anfwer your grace. 

Now three weeks fpace to thee will I give. 

And that is the longeft time thou haft to-live ^ 

For if thoudoft not anfwer my queftions three. 

Thy lands and thy livings arc forfeit to mee. 4# 

Away^ rode the abbot all fad at that word; 

And he rode to Cambridge, and Oxenford y 

But never ado6lor there was fo wile, * 

That could with his learning an anfwer devifev 

Then home rode the abbot of comfort fo cold, 45 

And he mett his fhepheard a going to fold :' 
How now, my lord abbot, you're welcome homc^ 
What newes do yon bring us from good king John ? 

Sad newes, fad newes, ihepheard,vlmaft give; 

That I have but three days mor^ to live : jo 

Forif I do not anfwere him queftioi^s three,- 

My liead will he fmitten from my bo41e# 

The 



A N t> BALLADS. 305 

Th^ firft IS to tell him Atrc in that ftead^ 
With his crowne of golde fo fair on his head. 
Among all his liege^-men fo noble of birth» 5| 

To within 6ne pienny of ^hat he is worths. 

The feconde^ to tell him> withdnt any doubt. 

How foone he may ride this whole world about \ 

And at the 'thirde queflion I tauft not fhrinke^ 

But tell him there truly what he does thbke/ 60 

Now cheane u^, fir^ abbot, did you never hear yet^ 
That a fool may learn a wife man witt ? 
Lend me horfe, and ferving meh, and ydur a|>pat%]| 
Aod I'll ride to London to anfwere yoUr quarrel. 

Kay frownt not, if it hath bin told unto mee, 65 

I am like your lord (hip, as ever niay bbe : 

And if you will but lend me yourgowne^ 

There is hone Ihall knowe us at fair London towntf. 

Now horfes, and ferving-men thoU ihalt have. 

With fumptuous array mdft gallant and brave ; 70 

With crozier> and miter, and rochet, and cope. 

Fit to appeare *forc our fader the pope. 

Now welcome, fire abbot, the king did fay, 
Tis well thou'rt come back to keepe thy day ; 
For an if thou canft anfwer my queftions three, 75 

Thy life and thy living both faved ihall bee. 
Vol. IL U An4 



3o6 , ANCIENT SONGS 

And firft, when tkoo feeft me here in this ftead, 
\Vith my crown of golde fo fair on my head. 
Among all my liege-men fo noble of birtbe. 
Tell me to one penny what I am w6rth. So 

For thirty pence our Saviour was fold 
Amonge the falfe Jewes, as I have bin told ( 
And twenty nine is the worth of thee, 
For I thinke, thou art one penny worfer than hee. 

The king he laughed, and fwore by St. Bittcl % if 

I did not think I had been worth fo littel ! 
—Now Secondly tell me, without any doubt. 
How foone I may ride this whole world abou(. 

You mud rife with the fun, and ride with the fame, 
Until the next morning he rifeth againe ; ^ 

And then your grace need not make any doubt, 
But in twenty four hours you'll ride it about. 

Tht king he laughed, and fwore by St. Jone^ 
I did not think, it could be gone fo fooue ! 
•—Now from the third queition thou muft not ftknvkft 
But tell me here truly what I do thinke. r 

Yea, that fhall I do, and make ypur grace merry : 
Ypu thiidce I'm the abbot of Canterb^y ; 



Mt4.mng,fr9hAblj St. Botolpb, 



I 



AND BALX-AD.8. J07 

Bat I'm his poor fliephcafd, as plsun yoo may fee^ 
That am come to ^ie^pardon for him snd for mee. io» 

The king he laughed, ajiH-fwore by the maflc, 
lie make tlye lord abbot this daye in his place ! 
Kow naye, my liege, -be not tn ^ach fptcic. 
For alacke I caiv^f|ier ^rite, nereade. 

9 

4* 

)?onr nobles 4 weeke, th«ii I will ^e 4hee, 105 

For this merry jaft -^c^'haft fhewhe unto mee % 
^d tell the old abbot ^hen flioa comeft home, 
,lf^VL haft t>fonghl'^i&n'a'p«rdott from good king John. 



♦ f 

• 



VHI, 
VER8B5 BjY X. JAMES J. 



.4^ in the former hook.njoe gave. two finnets of ^ Eii«0t 
ieth, *we nvere nmiiiftg to itjjford the readerf a Jhort ffeeimen of 
f he poetical tidents of her Jucf^of yames /• flnd'nue the ra^ 
fherfeUSedthiu asM'Jhowj his n^ajefif $ depeterity at punning^ 
0nd is mentioned iti no catalogue of his nvoris. It properly 
confifts of long fUxandrines^, ^nd is prefer*ved in f f A choice 
clBeSHon of Scots poems f*-Bvo, part JL Edinhtrgbl lyep, 

f « IL Janus (fays the Jidstotfif thai. ho9k):bafuing fetumed 
•« to Sterling thjtiiithjfjMlu 16179, pn- the morrfw deigned 
f< with hh prefence fome pimfophick di^utatians^ an(tga^f0 
♦* the following cbara&iri of thejperformc^^^^ 



3o8 ANCIENT SONGS 

AS Adam was the firft of men, 
whence all beginning takt : 
So Adamfon was preiident« 

and firft man in this a£t. 
The thefcs Fairiic did defend, j 

which, though they lies contein. 
Yet were fair lies, and he the fame 

right fairiie did tnaintej^« 
The feild firft entred Maft<friJSands» 

and th^re he made me fee^ i« 

That not all fands are barren fandsi 

but that fome fertile bee. 
Then Mailer Young moft fubtilic, 

the thefes did impugne. 
And kythed old in Ariftotle, i ^ 

althogh his liame be Young. 
To him fucceeded Mafter Reid» 

who, though Reid be his name, 
Neids neither ^r hi& difpute blnis. . * 

nor of his fpeech think fliaoie* 20 

[' Laft entred Mafter King the lifts, 

and difput like a king. 
How rcafon feigning, as a quccne,; 

fhuld anger linder-bring. 
To, their defcrved praife have I - - 25. 

\.\\\ o thus playd upon their names, * . * 
' And wil's their tolledge hence be cal*d 
' tic coUedge^ of king J A M B 3 • 
J :v , ^ . IX. .THE 



AND BAI4LADS. 309 



IX. 



THE REIR OF LINNE. 

I 

It is 9wiag tQ OH ewirfi^ht that this M halla/ is nat' 
placed higher in the 'volume. It is given /rem a copy in the 
tditor^s folio MS ; Jome hreaches and defers in nubich^ ren- 
dered tie infertion of a few fupplemental Jlansuis msceffary. 
Thefe it // hoped the reader 'will pardon. 

From the Scottijh phrafes here and there dtfcernable in this 
foemy it Jhouldfeem to ha^ve been originally compo/ed beyond 
the T*we$d* 

The Heir of l>inne feems not to ha*ue been a Lord of Par- 
Uamentf but a Lai^d» *who/e title *went along tvith hit 
^ate. 

Part the Fxr&t. 

LITHE and liften, gentlemen. 
To fing a fong I will beginne :. 
It is of a lord of faire Scotland, 
Which was tlie unthrifty heii^e of Linne> 

His father was a right good lord, j 

His mother a lady of high, degree ; 
Bat they» alas ! were dead» hixm froe, 

An4 he Ipv'd keeping companie. 

Vol. II. U 3 To 



jib A 19 Ci tilt S^CK^GS 

Ta fpend the daye with merry chcare^ 
To drinke and revell eveiy nighty to 

To card and dice from eve to inome^ 
It w&9> I ween> his hearts delighte. 

To ride, to runxie,, b rant^ to roarer 

To alwaye ipend^and never ipare, 
I wott, an' it were, the king himfelfe^ ij 

Of gold and fee 1x9 mote b^ b^e. 

Soe'faftB th\ii iinrhrifly liord< of Linift^ 
Till all his gold i«gond a»d'fpttit'; 

And he man fell his landes (o Broad^ 

His houfe, and landes, and all his ren%» io 

His father h^ a keen itewal^dey 

And John o' the Scales was called hee : 

jbut John is becoAiitf a gehftl-mfln^ 
And John has gott both gold ind fe^; 

Sayes, Wefcbhife, ^eltbiitc, Idfd of titini^ 2 J 
Let nought difturb thy merry tftccre, 

IF thou wilt fell thy landeB &y& btoad^ 
Good flore of gold He give thee heer** 

My golcf IS gone, ftiy rrioBfey 8 Ipeilt i 

My lande nowe take it uttto t^ee, 3d 

Givic me the golde, godd John o* the SieaJtes, 
And thine for aye my lande fhall bee. 

3 then 



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A 1^1^ B A i/L A D S. 311 



Then John hp did him to record draw. 
And John he gave hiiifr a/gods-pennte* ; 

^lit for eveiy poimde that John agreed^ ^ 

The landei. I vnsi was well, worth thr^e; 

tie told him dMi.gold u^($h th^ board. 
He was right glad hi$ land to winne : 

Tht land 14 mine, the gold is thine^ 

And now lie be the lord of Linne. 40 

Thns he Bath ft>M his llmd (be broads 
Both hill and holt, and moore and fenne. 

All but a poore and lonefome lodge. 
Thai flood farr oS in a lonely glenne. 

For foe he to his father hight : 45 

My fonne when I am gonne, fayd hee^ 

Then thou wilt fpead thy lande £0 hroadf 
And tkoii wUt ipead thy gold fo free. 

Bui fwdUt ifie nowl; i]|>cn the robde. 

That lonefome lodge thou'lt never ipend ; 50 
For when all the world doth frown on thee^ 

Thoa there fbalt find a faithful friend* 

iThe heiire of Linne is faQ ofgolde 't 

And come with mey my friends, fayd h^ 
Let's drinke, and rant, and mierry make, 55 

And he that fpa^res, ne'er mote he thee. 
V'6l. II. U 4 . They 

• i. ir. earnefl^money : from the French Dexter a Dieu, 



iii ANCIENT SONdfl 

They ranted, drank, and metty made^ 

Till all his gold it waxed thinne ; 
And then his friendes they flunk away i 

They kft the unthrifty heirc of Linne* 6d 

He had never k |)e«ny left In hid porfe. 

Never a penny left but three, 
*rhe tone was brafs, and the tone was Icadi 

And tothcr it was white money* 

Kowc well-aw&y, fayd the hei#e of Linhe^ 4j 

N0W16 well-away, and woe is nee^ 
tor when I was die lord of Linnt^^ 

I never wanted gold or fte*^ 

fiut many a truftie friehd hai^6 t^ 

And why Aibld I feel dole or care f f§ 

He borrow of them all by tumes^ 
, Soe need I not be never bare i 

but on^, I wii, wit ndt at home^ 

Another had payd his gold away $ 
Another caird him thriftlefs loone, ^{ 

And bade him ffaarpely wend his way. 

^Jow well-away, fayd thfc heifc 6f Linne« 

Now well-away, and woe is me I 
For when I had my landes fo broad, 

X)n iM. they liv'd right mcrrilcc* - ^° 

Td 



AND B A LL A D Si 313 

To beg my bread from door tO door 

I wisy it #ere a brenning fhame : 
To rob and ileal it were a £nne : 

To worke my limba I cannot fi'ame4 

Now lie away to lonelbtaie lodge^ 

For there my father bade me wend 1 
Whoi all the world (hould frown on met» 

I there fhold find a traft/ friend. 



Part the Sbcon0« 



AW A V then hyed the heire of Linnc 
O'er hill and holt, and mtx>r and fenne^ 
tJntill he came to lonefome lodge» 
That ftpod fo lowe in a lonely glenne. 

He looked up, he looked downe^ f 

In hope fome comfort for to winne> I 

But bare and lothly were the walles : 
Here's (brry cheare, quo' the he ire of Linne* 

The little windowe dim and darke 

Was hung with ivy, brere and yowe 5 td 

Ko Ihimmering funn here ever (hone ; 

No hfllefome breeze here ever blew. 

No 



^mtt^^ 



3i8t AN-CilEtJt SQNPG^S 

No chait, nc ttble HrnMKrfjye; 

No chearfoi'hsiith} ne^wrfcomrbedi 
Nought fave a rope^Mi Mnnidg Hodft^ i5 

That dah|llll|f hlilig fijl o^ Kit head^ 

And 6vcr it iii bl«dW^ letlif t^ 
Thefc vfiotis ^&fe vribxen lb plain tor fte : 
. *« Ah ! gKficdiK% wrdtdlv haft Qient thiile^alh 

«* And broiig^ thyftlfe to penurib ¥ i^ 

"* All this my boding foind Ihifgave^ 
*« I therefore left this trufty friend : 

•* Let it now IheeWthy ftttlcdii^race, 
" And all thy fhamc and forrows cnd.'^ 

Sorely fheni wi' this rebukin *S 

Sorely flient was die heire of litine, 

his heart, I wis. Was ncar«-to Braft 
With guHt and (bnrow6, fhime and finne^ 

; Never a word fpake the hdoitf^ of Linne^ 

Never a w<HK!%e fpake bat three : i^ 

*« This 15 a trafly friend indeed, 
** AAd is tight welcaaie unto mee.*^ 

Then round Ms ndcke the cordc he drfewev 

And fpriiBg^ aloft with hist,tbddxe : 
Whcnio! the deling burll in twaine, 35 

And to the groan i came taml)iing hee. 

Aftonvcd 



A Wiy ballads; jr^ 

A&onpi lay tH^ Mw oF Mtmr 

Nc kneweif Hcfwcrt livtf ordcadv 
At lengdr hefedd^di zksdifmt a'biU^ 

And ih it » ke)r ot gcAd Orcdi£ 4^ 



He took t&c ibtil, skml lobkii! it o)t^> 
S tnubr gotifli comfbtrc fbond; he there ^ 

It told'fauii of a'hoUi'ih thewalf^ 
In wliich iSare ftobdthKiB chdh hrferTj 



* 



Two ^ferfe fdir 6f tlife^ beiteii gbldc^ 45 

The third was fttfl of white motiSyi 
And over them* in broad fett^sr 

Thefe worcfe v^ere written fo plalxie tti fee; 

" Once more, niy fonne> I fette diee cicre ; 

^ Amend thy life and fellies patft ; 56 

** For but thou ataend thee of thy life^ 

" That rope muft be thy end at laft.^* 

And let it bee, feyd the heire of Linne ; 

And let it be> but if I amend * : 
For here I will make mine avow> 55 

This reade J (hall. guide me to the end. 

Away then went the heite of Linn<ft t 

Away he wferit with a merry cheare : 
i wis, he neither ftint ne ftayd. 

Till John o' the Scales hioaie hte came neare. 60 

And 

♦J. /, u/tlefs / amenJ. t /• ^- advice, counfeL 



3i6 ANCIENT SON OS 

And when he came to John o* the Scales*. 

Up at the fpeere dien looked hee ; 
There iate three lords at the hordes end» 

Were drinking of the wine £> fiee. 

And then beipake the heire of Linne 65 

To John o* the Scales then louted hee : 

I pray thee now, good John o' the Scales^ 
One forty pence for to lend meew 

Away, away, thou thriftlefs loone,, 

Away» away» this may not bee: 70 

For Cbrifts corfe on my head» he fayd^ 

If ever I truft thee one pennie. 

Then befpake the heire of Linne» 
To John o' the Scales wife then fpake hoe : 

Madame, {ome almes on me bellowe, 75 

I pray for fweet faint Charitie. 

Away, away> thou thriftlefs loone, 
I fwear thou getteft no almes of meo ^ 

For if we (hold haiig any lofel hefre,. 

The firfl we wold begin with thee*. 80 



Then befpakc a good felldwe. 

Which fat at John o' the Scales his bord j^ 
Sayd, Turn againc, thou heire of Linne, 

^ome time thou waft a well good lord :. 






Same 



AND BALLADS, 317 

Some time a good fellow thou haft been^ S^ 

And fparedft not thy gold and fee. 
Therefore He lend thee forty pence, 

A^d other forty if need bee. 

And ever, I pray thee, John o* the Scales, 

To let him fit in thy companee : 90 

For well I wot thou hadfl his land. 
And a good bargain it was to thee. 

Up dien (pake him John o* the Scales, 

All wood he anfwer'd him againe : 
Now Chrifts cnrfe on my head, hee fayd, 95 

Bat I did lofe by that bargiine. 

And here I proffer thee, heire of Linne, 

Before theie-lords fo fsdrc and free,* 
Thou ihalt hare it backe again better cheape. 

By a hunched marices, Ihan I had it of thee. 109 

I drawe you to record, lords, he faid* 
With that he gave him a gods pennee : 

N6w by my fay, fayd the hcire of Linne, 
And here, good John, is thy moniy. 

And he pulPd forth three bagges of gold, 10^ 

And layd them down upon the bord : 
All woe begone was John o' the Scales, 
. Soc fhent hecold fgy never.a wor4« 

He 



.ji8 ANCIENT S^.NiJS 

He told.luin> forth. fi^e^od fed>j}c449 

He told.it &)xt}v^«4l)t jaicUe 4wie« 1 19 

The gold is4hii»e,*4}ii;.la]ul:is mife. 

And now Ime^fUf^tbe.Ifu;^ 9^ [IfinDf* 

Saye^f Haye^thpajiere, tb9UriPP<i f«U^, 

Forty pence, nhpvi 4id^;lepdj||i«ir • 
Now I am s^fie itho lord ,qf f^^, 1 1 5 

And fo«y.:p^u^^; I jVfiil ^¥^ i^hfe. 

Now wcljaday. !^ J^y jji Joan ,0' the! 3c^ : 
Now Vf^j^ds^y I ,^dtwpe;if a;^\}^\ 

Ycfteidjqr I.wa&la^y of Xawac, 

Now Ime J3,i^t John ^'the §c9l?f {bi^ .«f)fe« 120 

Now &re:thee.w<$ll,'f^4'fher;h^'of Ximie; 

Farewell^ ^^gQod John o* ihf iSqak^, iff^^ee : 
When next I want.(p4eU jpy: Iw^t 



• f 



xri. 

T H E O L|D ^ N J> YOU^^G CgtU&T I ER. 

y&V excelhnt oU/engf ihefuhkB of- tJtibich is a eompari' 
Jen between the manners 0/ the 0I4 gentry^ as'fiiU fuhfiftimgiMk 
the times ef VUxakeihs ^n^ tbem^fierw ' ufiii^tnAs js^iSed ijf 
their fws in the reigns. of her fuccejforst is gifven from ana^r 
iient biaek-letter copy in the Pefys^ colleSiion^ comfoKed ^v*^^ 
another printed among fom mi/mlaneous ** poems and foitgt*^ 
in a hook intitledf '^ LePriti^e d^apM^i** l$^*^§^? 



AND BALLADS. 319 

AN old fi>ng made by an aged ofld pate. 
Of an old woirfttipful gentleman, who had a grtatc 
eftaie, 
•riiat Ictpt a'brare old houfb at a bountrful rate, 
A.nd an old porter to relieve the poor at Ms gate ; 
Like an old courtier of the queen's. 
And the queen'fe old courtier. 

'With an old lady, whofe anger one word afTwages^ 
I?ee every quarter psdd his old fervants their wages. 
And never knew What belonged to coachmen, ibotmen, 

nor pages, 
3at kept twenty old felloWs whh'blue coats and badges; 
Like an old courtier, &c. 

"With an old ftudy Bll'd full of learned oldtoofa. 
With an old reverend Chaplain,' you might know him by 

his looks. 
With an old buttery hatch worn quite xrff the hooks. 
And an old kitchen, that maintain*d half a dozen old cooks ; 
Like an old courtier, &c. 

With an old hall, hung about with pikes, gims;, and 

bows. 
With old fwords, and bucklers, that had born many 

ihrewd blows. 
And an old frize coat, to cover his worfhip's trunk hole^^ 
And a cup of old fherry, to comfort his copper nofe^ 
Like an old courtier, &c. 

With 



329 ANCIENT SONGS 

With a good old fafluoiiy when Chriftmafle was con^^ 
To call in all his old neighboars with bagpipe, and dnun^ 
With good chear enOugh to furnifli every did room. 
And old liqaor able to make a cat fpeak, and man domb^ 
. Like an old courtier, i§c^ 

With an old falcbner, huntfmani and a kennel of honndsi 
That never hawked, nor hunted, but in his own groands^ 
Who, like a wife man, kept himfelf within his own 

bouhds) 
And when he dye^ gave every child a thoufand good 

pounds ; 
Like an old courtiier,. Sid 

Silt to his eideii fon his houfe and land he a^gnM^ 
Charging him in his will to keep the old bountiful! miod^ 
To be good to his old tenants, and to his neighbours be 

kind : 
But in the enfuing ditty you fliall hear how he wa^ in- 
cline ; 

Like a young courtier of the king's^ 
And the king's young courtier. 

Like a fiourifi)iilg ydUng gallant, hewty come to his \Andt 
Who keeps a brace of painted madams at his command, 
And takes* up a thoufand pound upon his fathers landj 
And gets drunk in a tavern, till he can neither go nor 
(land I 
Like a youne courtlen &ۥ 



A N t) BALLADS. 321 

» a ' 

- I • » ^ "♦ 

With anew-Buigled lady, that is dainty, nice, and (pan. 
Who never knew what belonged to good houfe-keeping^ 

or care. 
Who buyes gaudy-color'd Bans to play with wanton air. 
And feven or eight different dreffings of other womens 

hair; 
Like a young courtier, &c. 

With a new-fafhion'd hall, built where the old one ftood. 
Hung round with new pictures, that doe the poor no good. 
With a fine marble chimney, wherein burns neither coal 

nor wood. 
And a new fmooth fhovelboard, whereon no victuals neer 

ftood ; 

Like a young courtier. Sec* 

With a new ftudy, ftuft full of pamphlets, and plays. 
And a new chaplain, that fwears fafter than he prays. 
With a new. buttery hatch, that opens once in four or 

five days, 
And anew French cook, todevifefine kick(haws, and toys ; 
Like a young courtier, &c» 

With a new fafhion, when Chriftmas is drawiog on, 
Ona new journey to London ftraigbt weall muft begone. 
And leave none -to keep houfe, but our new porter John, 
Who relieves the poor with a thump on the back with a 
ilonc : 

Like a young counier, &: .. 
Vol. n. X With 



3M ANCIENT jSON as 

With a new g^tkman-ufliery wkoTe carriage is compIiBa^ 
With a new coachman, footmeny.and pages to carry ap 
the meat,' 

« 

With a waitingrgentlewoman, wboTe dreffing is yery neat* 
Who when her lady has din*dy lets the fervants not eat; 
Like a young courtier, &c. 

With new titles of honour bought with his lather's old 

gold. 
For which fnndry of his anceftors old manors are ibid ; 
And this is the courfe moft of our new ^gallants hold. 
Which makes that good houfe-keeping is now grown ib 
cold. 
Among the young courtiers of the king. 
Or the king's young courtiers. 



xni. 

SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S CAMPAIGNE. 

When the Scottifi covenanters rofe up in armSf audaii^mttii 
to the Engltjh borders in 1 639, many of the courtiers cemfli' 
menied the king 'hy raifing forces at their on/un exfence. Among 
tbefe none *were more diftinguijb^d than the gaUata Sir JoH 
' Suckling, nvho raifed a troop of horfe^ fo richly accomtredy 
that it coft him 12,000/. The like expen/ive equipment of 
'other parts of the army, made tht king re/Mark, that " toe 

** Scots 



AKt> BALLA13S. 



^ 



.333 

*« ^cott 'muU Jight fiontljt if it wen hit for the Engkjb^ 
•• mifisfine doatbs,^* [^Lioyd^s memoirs,'] When tbey caine /» 
m£tieny the rugged Scots fro*vei mote than a match for the fine 
/hrvcy EngUJh rmeo^ of ivbom behaved remarkably ill, and 
mmong the reft thisfpjendid iroop, of Sir John Suckling* s* 

7" his humorous lampoon, fuppofed to ha*ve hien ^written ly Sir 
^ohn Mennis, a *vuit of thofe times^ is found in a Jmall poetical 
mifceUatrf intitUd^ ** Mufarum deUcitt : or the fitufes recreit' 
^* tiout conteining fmeral pieces of poetique nvit, zdeditioum 
** -^Bjf Sirjf. Mf [Sir John Mennis} and fa. S, [James 

«* Sifith.] Lond. 1 65 6. izmo/* See Wood's Atbimc. It. 

397,481. 

SIR John he got him ad ambling nag» 
To Scotland for to ride-a. 
With a hundred hbrie more, all his own he fwore^ ^ ' 

To guard him on every iide-a* 

No Errant-knight ever went to tight 5 

With halfe fo gay a bravado^ 
Had you (een but his look, you'ld have iwom On a book, 

Hee'ld have conquerM a whole armado. 

The ladies Van all to the.windowes to fee 

So gallant and warlike a fight-a, 19 

And as he pafs'd by> they l)egaa to cryy 
Sir John, why will you go fight-a ? 

fiut he» like a cruel knight, fporrM on ; 

His heart would not relent-a, 
For, till he: came there, what had he to fear I 1% 

. Or why fhould he repent-a ? 

X 2 Thi 






3H A N C I EN T SONGS 

■t 

The king (God blefs him !) had fingnlar hopes 

Of him and all his troop-a : 
The borderers they, as they met him on the way» 

For joy did hollow, ttd whoop-a. . t9 

None lik'd him (b well* as his own colonell. 

Who took him for John de Weart-a ; 
But when there were (hows of gunning and blows. 

My gallant was nothing fo peart-a. 

For when the Scots army came within fight, Zj 

And all prepared to fight-a. 
He ran to his tent, they aikM what he meant. 

He fwore he muft needs goe ih*te-a* 

The colonell fent for him back agen. 

To quarter him in the van*a, 30 

Bat Sir John did fwear, he would not come there. 

To be kiird the very firft man-a. 

To cure his fear, he was fent to the reare. 

Some ten miles back, and more-a, 
Where Sir John did play at trip and away, 33 

And ne'er faw the enemy more-a. 

But now there is peace, he's returned to increale 

His money, which lately he fpent->a. 
But his loft honour muft lye ftill in the duft ; 

At Barwick away it went-a 40 

a XVI. TO 



AND BALLADS. 3»jr 



JCIV. 
TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON- 

This ixtilUnt fotttut nuhith fojeffid a high digra tf fami 
tb9 old ca^mliirs^ *ums 'mritten hy colonel Richard 
LoviUui durimg bis comfinenunt in the gate-bom/e Wijlmnfier : 
to nnhich be nwu committed by the boif/e of commons^ in April 
\6^2^ for fre/entimg a petition from the county of Kentf re- 
fitting them to reft ore the king to bis rigbtt^ and to fettle 
tbi go^vomment. See Wood's Jthena. VoL 11. p, 22S ; *where 
meey befeen eu large the offering ftory of this elegant *writer^ 
Rubo ifier baling been diftinguifljed for every gallant and 
polite accompiifment^ the pattern of bis ownfex^ and the dar- 
ling of the ladies^ died in the mveft fwretcbednefsp obfcurity^ 
andnjumit^in 1658. 

Vbis fong if printed from a ^uolume of his poems intitled^ 
** JLucafta^ 1 640, ixmo.^' collated ^witb a copy in the editor* s 
folio MS. 



WHEN love with unconfincd wings 
Hovers within my gates. 
And my divine Althea brings 

To whifper at my grates. 
When I lye tangled in her haire, 5 

And-fetter'd with kcr eye. 
The birds that wanton in the aire. 
Know, no focfa Ubertye. 

X 3 Whea 









jtn'^ 



jofr ANCIENT «ONGS 

When flowing cups run fwiftly round 

With no allaying Thames, 10 

Our carelefle heads with rofes crown'd. 

Our hearts with loyal flames ; 
When thirfty gricfc in wine we fteepe. 

When healths and drauglits goc frec» 
Fiihes, that tipple in the decpe, 15 

Know no Aich libertie. 

When, 'linnet-like, confined I 

With ffiriller note Ihall fing 
The mercye, fweetnefi, majeftye^ 

And glories of my king, to 

When I ihall voyce aloud how good 

He is, how great (hould be, 
Th* enlarged windes, that curie the fioodt 

Know no fuch libertie. 

Stone wal)5 doe not a prifon make» i$ 

Nor iron barres a cage, 
Mindes, innocent, and quiet, take 

That for an hmmitage : 
If I have freedom in my love. 

And in my foule am free, 30 

Angels alone, that foare above. 
Enjoy fuch libertie. 

XV. THE 



r^r, 10. with wo9-aliiiymg diemes, MS^ 



AVQltALX'A^S* S7 



'XV. ' 



, THE DOWNFALL tQF .CKAJBING-CROSS, 

r 

Charing'cro/sf as it fiood hefirt the ci<vil tvarSf tvas om 
pfthofi beautiful Gothic ohelijkt ereSei to conjugal affeBion 
iy EdnvarJJy. mfh^ hui^Jkcb Ja ,§m'ifydgreuerithe Iherje of 
his helo'ued Eleanor refledinits^wifepffxmlJ:ncqh^re to Wefi^ 
nunftn^ But neither its ornamental Jitnation^ the. beauty of 
its firuSure^ nor the nbble dejtgn of its ereSion [jivhicb did 
'4fonour to humanity) -toHLi fr^f^rn^e it' from the -mercileft xeal 
of the times : For ns , 1.64 . • it tpfis dfffl^ifi^d by order 
ef the Hoi{fe ofComm^n^^ ,(is fippiJb'an^fHf,(rfiitious. This 
bceafioned the follo^it^g not-nnhutnprous /(zrcaffn, njuhich bets 
been often printed among tbf popular fonnets ifthofe times. 

The plot referred to in suir.. 17, ^tvo^^hatintired into by 

fi^r* Waller ihepoetf and others ^ tuith a 'vienu to reduce the 

jfity and tower to thejer*vic( of the king'; for ivhich two of 

'themf Nath. T'omkinsy and Rich, CoaUherf fuffered death 

July 5. 1643. ^'^- ^^^ Q^.H. 24.' 



I . i 



UNdone, undpne the lawyers arey 
They wander z\^\x% the towne. 
Nor can find the way to Wcilmin^er, 
. Now Charing-crofsis;downc : 
At the end of the Strand, they mfike a fond, 5 

Swearing they are at a lofs. 
And chaffing fay, that's not the way. 
They muft go by Charing-crofs, 
Vpt. II. X 4 The 



3i8 ANCIENT SONGS 

The parCament to vote it down 

Conceived It very fitting. If 

For fear it ikoold fall, and kill them all^ 

In the houie, as they were fitting* 
They were told go^vwot, it had a plot. 

Which made them fo hard-hearted. 
To give command, it Ihould not ftand, 15 

But be taken downaud carted. 

Mien talk of plots, this ntiight have been worb 

For any thing I know. 
Than that. Tomkins, and Chalonet 

Were i\angM for long agoe. jo 

Our parliament did ^at prevent. 

And wifely them defended. 
For plots they will difcover flill. 

Before they, were intended. 

J > 

• •! • • ■ . 

But neither man, woman, nof child, tj 

Will fay, J'm confident. 
They ever heard it fpeak One word» 

Ags^inft the parliament. 
An informer fwore, it letters bore^ 

Or e|ie it had been freed, |0 

Jn troth ril take my bible oath». 

It conM neither write, ngr read, .• 



Tb« 



AND BALLADS. 319. 

The committee fiud, that verily 

To popery it was bent ; 
For Ought I know, it might be fo, 3S 

For to chorch it never went. 
What with excife, and fach device. 

The kingdom doth begin 
Toi thbk ypu^U Jeave them neVr a crofiii \ 

Without doors nor within. 4# 

■• • » . • .1 

Methinks the common-coundl flion'd 

Of it have taken pity, 
'Canfe, good old ciofs, it always ftood. 

So firmly to the city* 
Since crofles you (6 much difdain» 4% 

Faith, if I weis.as yon. 
For fear the king flioald rule agun* 

I'd pull down Tibum too* 



TCVl. LOYALTY 



1 



330 A If CIE.N-T fi ONOS 



L O V A L T Y C O N F I:N E D. 



•».• 



«< 



This excellent old fing is frefer*oed in Dwvid Lky^s 
Memoir es of the/e tlftit fleered in the fm^fe of- Cbearlts L 
Lond, i66S,/ol. /• 96. Heffeflks 0^, it as tkt eomfo/htM 0/ 
a *worthy perfonuget n»ho /ujfered ikepfy' in thq^ times, aid 
^as ft ill lifuing ^utib 00 9iber %emtmrd.tkmi $be unfiuenct */ 
halving fuffered. 7he author* ssf4ifne ke ^not s^eMttomd.'^ 
Some ndftakes in LU^sxtfy are cotre3edby tnvo otberu ens 
in 'MS, the other in vTeftmin/ter Drolleiyf or ei choice coUeSim 
rf , . . fongs and poems, 167I. iZtM^^-^ • 



BEAT on, proud billows ; Boreas blow ; 
Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's Ifoof ; 
Your incivility doth fhow. 

That innocence is tempeft proof; 
Though furly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm ; 5 
Then ftrike, Affiiftion, for thy wounds are balm. 

That which t]^ world mifcalls a jail» 

A private clofet is to me : 
Whilft a good confcience is my baiU 
And innocence my liberty : !• 

Locks, bars, and folitude together met. 
Make me no priibner, but an anchoret^ 

4 I> wUlft 

y 



.il,N D BATLAPS. jjc 

I, whUft I wiflutobc rettr'd. 

Into this private room was ctimM { 
As if their wifdoms had coATpir'd I5 

The falamander (hoald be burn'd ; 
Or like thofe fophifts^ that would drown a fiJb» 
I am conftrainM to fofier what I wiib. 

The cynick loves his poverty ^ 

The pelican her wUdernefs ; «# 

And 'tis the lodian's pride to be 
Naked on frozen Cattcafus : 
Contentment cannot finart^ ftoicks we fee . 
Make torments eafie to their apathy^ 

Thefe manacles ppon my arm <£ 

I9 as my miftrefs' favours, wear ; 
And for to keepony ancles warm, 
I have fome iron (hackles there : 
Theie walls are but my gariifon ; this cell» 
Which men call jdil, doth prove my citadel. |^ 

Vm in the cabinet lockt up. 

Like fome high^priaed margarite. 
Or, like the great mogul or pope. 
Am cloyfter'd up from publick fight i 
Redrement is a piece of majefty, 55 

And thus, proud fultan, I'm as great as tket » 

Hcrf 



g5>; ANCIENT SONGS * 

Here fin for want of food mnft tuve. 

Where tempting obfeds are not ften ; 
£ And thefe ftrong walls do only ferve 

To keep vice ont, and keep mc in : 40 

M^ce of late's gro«m charitable fore, 

I'm not committed, bdt I'm kq^t iecure. 

'i 

So he that ftmck at Jafon's life, 
■' • Thinking t' have made hit pnrpofe fare. 

By a malidons friendly knife 4^ 

Did only wound him to a core : 
Malice, I iee, wants wit ; for what U meant 
Mifchief, oftimes proves lavoor by th* event. 

Z When once my prince affidion hath, 

Profperity doth trealbn feem ; 50 

And to make fmooth fo rengh a path, 
I can learn patience from him : 
Now not to fofier ihewt no loy^ heart, 
Wlien kings want cafe fnbjeds mnft bear >t part* 

What thoogh I cannot fee my k(ng 5} 

Neither in peribn or in coin. 
Yet contemplation is a thing. 

That renders what I have not, mine : 
My king from me what adamant can part. 
Whom I do wear engraven on my heart ? 6e 

Have 



AND BALLADS.* jjj 

Have you not feen the nightingale, 
A prifoner like, coopt in a cage. 
How doth (he chaant her wonted tale 
In that her narrow hermitage ? 
Even then her charming melody doth prove, 6j[ 

That all her bars are trees, her cage a grove. ^ '\ 

< >> 
I am that bird, whom they combine . .^ 

Thus to deprive of liberty ; 
But though they do my corps ccmfine. 

Yet maugre hate, my ioul is free : 70 

And though immur'd, yet can I chirp, and fing 
Diigrace to rebels, glory to my king* 

My foul is free, as ambient ^r. 

Although my bafer part's immew*d, 
Whilft loyal thoughts do' Hill repair 75 

T* accompany my folitude : 
Although rebellion do my body binde, 
My king alone can capdrate my minde. 



XVII. VE 



R^ 



JJ4 ANCIENT SONOS 



VERSES BY K. CHARLES t 

'« This frifui, Uki bis father^ did n§t cmtjmi Umfilf /• 
** ft9f$ : Bijbef Burnet has gi*vnt us a fatbetie el^/mi 
*< t9 ht written by Cbarles in Cari^rooi cafiU [n» 1 648.] 
** Tbe poetry is wufiywcoutb and umharmonious^ bik then an 
** ftrwg thoughts in ity fome good fet^fe^ and a ftrain of ma,' 
^ jefticfiety:* Mr. Walfolis royal and noble amibors, W. /. 

// is in bis ** Memoirs of the dukes of Hamilton.^ p. 379. 
that Burnet hath prejer^ed this elegy t tvhich be iells us he 
bad from a gentleman f ivho ^waited on the king at the time 
nvben it <iimm 'written t And copied it out from the original. It 
it is tbero intitled *' MAJESTTIN MISBRT : ORJK 
•• IMPLORATION TO THE KING OF KINGS.'' 

Hnmi bath remarked of thefejfanscas, " that the truth %f 
** tbefintimentf rather than, toe' elegance of the e^^njfiwf 
" renders them very pathetic** See bis bifl, '703. 4/». 
^' ifol, 5* ^. 437- 4^2. ivhich is no bad comment upon them* 
'^•^Tbefe ate the only *verfes known of Cbarks*s cmnpofurt* 
7 bey die not properly fall nvithin the plan of this *W9rk^ hut 
*tue snake the fame pUa for their i^fertion, as Vfe did for thofe 
of bis Pwo immediate predtcejpnrs. 

GReat monarch of the worldy from whofe power iprings 
' The potency and power of kings. 
Record the royal woe my fuiFering fings i 



AND B A Li ADS, J35 

And teach my tongue^ that ever did confine 

Its faculties in truth's feraphigk line» q 

To track the treafons of" thy foes and mine. 

Nature and law, by thy.Hivine decree, . 
(The only root of righteous royaltie) 
With this dim diadem inveficd me : 

With it, the iacred fcepter, purple robe> lo 

The holy un^on, and the royal globe : 
Yet am I levelled with the life of Job. 

The fierceft furies, that do daily tread 

Upon my grief, my gray difcrowned head. 

Are thofe that owe my bounty for their bread; 1 5 

They ndfe a war, and chriftexi it thb cause. 
While facrilegions hands have bell applaufe. 
Plunder and murder are the kingdom'a laws ; 



Tyranny bears the title of taxation. 
Revenge and robbery are reformation. 
Oppreffion gains the name of fequeftration. 

My loyal fubjcfts, who irt this bad feafon 
Attend me (by the law of God and reafon)^ 
They dare impeach, and puniih for high trcafbn. 



20 



Next 



33* AN C I E N T S ONG S 

Next at the clergy do their furies frown, 25 

9iou8 epifcopacy maft go down. 

They will deftroy the crofier and the crown* 

Churchmen are chain'd, and fchirmaticks are freed, 

Mechanicks preach, >nd holy fathers bleed. 

The crown is craci£ed with the creed*. . 30 

The chnrch of England doth all fadtions fofter, ' 
The pulpit is ufurpt by each impoftor. 
Extempore excludes the Pater- nefter* 

The Prclbyter, and Independent feed 

Springs with broad blades. To make religion bleed 3c 

Herod and Pontius Pilate are agreed. 

The comer ftone^s mifplac'd by every pavier : 
With fuch a bloody method and behaviour 
Their anceftors did crUjcifie our Saviour: 

My royal confort, from whofe fruitful womb 40 

So many princes legally have come. 
Is forc'd in pilgrimage to ftek a tomb. 

Great Britain's heir is forced into Prance, 

Whilft on his father's head his foes advance : 

Poor chUd ! he weeps out his inheritance* 45 



Wick 



AND BALLADS. 337 

With my own power niy majefty they wound. 
In the king's name the king himfelf 's uncrown'd : 
So doth the daft deftroy the diamond, • • 

Wkh propoiitiox^r daily they enchant 

My people's ears, fuch as do reaibn daunt, 50 

And the Almighty will not let me grant. 

They promife to ereft my royal ftem. 
To make me g/^at, t' advance my diadem. 
If I, will firft fall down, and worfhip them ! 

But for refufal they devour my thrones, 55 

Diftrefs my children, and deftroy my bones ; 

I- fear they'll iorct me to make bread of ftones, . . 

My life they prize at fuch a flcndcr rate, 

That in my abfence they draw bills of hate. 

To prove the king a tray tQr to the ftate. 60 

Felons obtain more privilege than I, 
They are allow'd to anfwer ere they die ; 
'Tis death for me to a(k the reafon, why. 

Ifit, facred Saviour, with thy words I woo 

Thee to forgive, and not be bitter to 6^ 

Such, as thou know'ft do not know what they do. 

Vol. IL Y For 



338 A N C I E N T SONGS 

For fince they from their lord are fo disjointed. 
As to cQatemnthofe edi^s he appointed. 
How can the/ prize the power of his anoiiited ? 

Augment my patience^ nulli£e my hatr^ jg 

pxeferve my iflfue, and infpire my mate. 

Vet though we periihy bless this ckuuch and stats. 



XVIIL 
THE SALE OP REBELLIOUS HOUSHOLD-STUFP 

This Jarcajiic exubaiUn rf triMmphoMt hyahy^ is privtti 
from an old olack-letter copy in the Pepys* colU^ic«f correQti 
by another prefemjed in ** A choice colteSiion ofizo loyal fingsi 
&r." 1684. 12^0. — To the tune of Old Simon the king. 

REbellion hath broken np honie. 
And hath left me old lumber to fell ; 
Come hither, and take^our choice, 

I'll promife to u(e you well : 
Will you buy the old fpeaker's chair ? 5 

Which was warm and eafie to fit in. 
And oft hath been clean'd I declare. 
When as it was fouler than fitting. 

Says old JSimon the king, drc. 

Win 



A I^ i5 § A L L A D S. 33^ 

Will you buy any bacon-flitchesy to 

The fattefty that cvcf were fpcnt f 
^ey're the fidei of the old cotnmittee^. 

Fed up in the loiig parliament. 
llere's a pair of bellows, and tongs^ 

And for a Onall nlatter I'll fell ye 'um i ij 

^hey are made of the preibyters lungs; 

To blow up thetoab of rebellion; 
Says old Simon, &c. 

i had thought to have given them once 

To Ibme black-finith for his forge | atti 

^ut now I have confidered on't. 

They are confectate to the church : 
80 I'll give then^i unto fome quire. 

They will make the bigof-g^ns roar. 
And the little pipes to fqueeke higher^ 23 

Than ever they could befor^. 
Says old Simon, &c. 

ilere's a couple of (tools for fale. 

One's fquare, and t'other is round ; 
fietwixt th^in both the tail |# 

Of the Rum t^ fell imto the ground. 
I^ill you biiy the Hates council-table. 

Which was made of the good wain Scot / 
The frame was a tottering Babel 

To ipjNold the Independent pIot» jj 

Says old Simon, Sec. 

Y i Here's 



340 A N G I E K T S O lljr Q S 

Here's the beefom of "Reformation, 

Which ihould have made clean the floor. 
But it fwept the wealth out of the nation. 

And left us dirt good ftoi^e. 40 

Will you buy the ftates fpinning- wheel. 

Which fpuu for t^e ropers trade ? 
But better it had flood ilill. 

For now it Jias ^un a &ir thna^^ 

Says old Simon, ^c., . 45 

Here's a very gopd clyfter-pipc. 

Which was made of a butcher's ;il(^n^^ 
And often- times it hath been whip'd. 

After curing the colds of the r.um.e. 
Here's a lump of Pilgrims-Salve, 50 

Which once was a juftice of pteacCr 
Who Noll and the Devil did ferve j 

But now it is come to this. 
Says old Simon, &ۥ 

Here's a roll of the flates tobacco, 55 

If any good fellow will take it ; 
No Virginia had e'er fuch a fmack-o. 

And I'll tell you how they did make it : 
'Tis til' Engagement, and Covenant cookt 

Up with the Abjuration oath ; 60 

And many of them, that have topk't. 

Complain it was foul in the mouth. 
Says old Simon, &c, 

1 Yet 



AND B A L L A t) S. 34^ 

Yet the afhes may happily ferve 

To care the fcab of the nation, ^S 

Whene'er 'thas an itch to fwerve 

To Rebellion by Innovation. 
A lanthorn h€t€ is to be bought. 

The like was ftarce ever gotten. 
For many pkJts it has found out 7« 

Before they ever were thought on. 
Says old Simon, &c. 

1 

Will you buy the rump's great faddle. 

With which it jocky'd the nation ? 
And here is the bitt, and the bridle, 75 

And curb of Diffimulation. 
And here's the trunk-hofe of the rvmp^ . 

And their fair diffembling cloak, " 
And a Prefbyterian jump. 

With an Independent fmock- ' to 

Says old Simon, &c* 

Will you buy a confcience oft turn'd. 
Which ferv'd the high-court of juftice, 

Andftretch'd until England it mournM ? 

But hell will buy that if the worft is. 85 

Here's Joan Cromwell's kitching-ftuiF tub. 
Wherein is the fat of the Rumpers, 

Y 3 'With 

Ver. 86. ITfis '»Jas a cant name gwen to Oom^weWs <wtfe by 
the Rqyalifls, tbd' her true name nvas Elizabi th ; to the latter 
tart of the 'verfe hangs fome tak that is noiv forgot ten. 



14* A NCIEN T SONGS 

With which old Npll's horns flic did rub. 
When he was got dmnk with fiilfe biixnpert. 

Says old Simon, &f • qq 

Here's the purie of the publique faith ; 

Here's the model of the Sequeftration, 
When the old wives upon their good trothf 

Lent thimblfes to ruine the nation. 
Ilere's Dick CromwelPs Frote&orQnpf oj 

And here are Lambert's commiffions^ 
And here is Hugh Peters'his fcrip 

Cramn&'d with the tumultuous Petitipu^. 
Says old Simop, ^c. * 

And here are old Noll's brewing vef&Is, loo 

And here are his dray, and his flings ; 
kfere are Hewfon's awl, and his briJUes ^ 

With diverie pther odd things : 
And what-is the price doth belong 

To all thefe matters before ye f tpp 

ril fell them all for an old fpng^ 

And fo I do end my flory. 

Says old Simon| fee* 

XIX, OLD 

fir. 94. Stenrtys Hudibras Pt. i. Cant. %. -y/r. 570. »c. 

Vtr, 100. io». Cronvweli bad i» his younger years JoUowed the 
kmving trade at ffuntingihn. Col. Hfwfm ufmd to have bun 
fr^inally a tobUTm 



A N D B A LL A D S. 343 



XIX. 
OLD TOM OF BEDLAM. 

MaJD song THB FIRST. 

It w njiforth attenttofif that the Englijh have morefongs 
and ballads «ir the fuhjeSi of madnefs^ than any of their 
mighhours, Whfither it if that <iv^ Are more liable to this 
€alcuHitj than other nations ^ or 'whether our native gloominefs 
hath peculiarly recommended fubje^s of this cafl to our <wr/- 
iers, the faB is inconteftibla^ as af^ one me^ be fatisfied^ 
fwho nvill compare the printed colledions of Freuchy Italian 
SongSy fcfr. luithjhofe in our language* 

Out of a much larger quantity y vje have feleSled half a 
dozen MAD SONGS for thefe volumes. The three firft are 
originals in their refpe3ive kinds : the merit of the three laff 
is chiefly that of imitation. They viere fvrftten q^ xonfider^ 
able intervals of time, but v)e have here grouped them toge- 
get her ^ that the reader may the better examine their conipa'- 
rative merits. He may confider them as Jo many trials of 
Jkill in a very peculiar fuhjeS^y as the cont^ft of fq, many ri^ 
vols iojhoot in the bovj of Ulyffes, The tvDofirfi vjere pro* 
bably vsritten about the beginning of the lajl century ; the 
third about the middle of it ; the fourth tovmtds^the end\^ 
find the t*wo laft v)itbin this prffeul century. 

This is given from the editor s folio MS, (Of^par^d ivith. 
i'Vfip Qr tkrei old printed copies, 

y 4 FQRTKI 



344 A NC lEN T S O NGS 

FORTH from my fad and darkfome cell. 
Or from the deepe abyffe of hell. 
Mad Tom is come into the world againe 
To fee if he can cure his diAempered braine. 

Feares and cares opprefie my ibule : r 

Harke, howe the apgrye faryes houle I 
Pluto laughes, and Proferpine is gladd 
To fee poorc naked Tom of Bedlam madd* 

Through the world I wander night and day 
To feeke my draggling fenfes, lo 

In an angrye moode I mett old Time, 
With his pentarchye of teiifes : 

When me he ipyed, 
' Away he hyed. 
For time will ftay for no man : ir 

In vaine with cryes 

I rent the &y:cs. 
For pity is not common. 

. .Cold and comfortk& I lye : , .. 

Hclpe, oh helpe t or elfe«: dye ! zo 

• • • 

Harke 1 I heare Apqllo's tea09Le». 
The carman ^^tis to whittle;'"' * " 

Chaft Diana bends her bowe. 
The boare begins to briftle. * * 



AN D BALLADS. 

Come, Vulcan, wkh tools and with tackles. 
To knocke off tny ti-oublefome fhackles ; 
Bid Charies make ready his waine 
To fetch me my fenfes againe. 

Laft night I heard the dog^ftar bark 3 
Mars met Venus in the darke ; 
Limping Vulcan het an iron barr. 
And furiouflye made at the god of war : 

Mars with his weapon laid about. 
But Vulcan's temples had the gout. 
For his broad horns did fo hang in his light. 
He could not fee to aim his blowes aright : 

Mercurye the nimble poft of heaven. 

Stood dill to fee the quarrell ; 
Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, 

Beftryd a flrong-beere barrell. 

To mee he dranke, 

I did him thanke. 
But I could get no cyder ; 

He dranke whole butts 

Till he burU his gutts, 
Bttt mine were ne'er the wyder. 

Ppore naked Tom is very dryc : 
A lilde drinke for charitye ! 



3»5 
25 



30 



35 



40 



45 



JJarke, 



346 ANCIENT SONGS 

Harke, I hear ASteons home ! 

The hantfmeiL whoop and hallowe : j« 

Ringwood, Royfter, Bowman, Jowler, 

Ail the chafe do foUowe. 



The man in the moone drinkes clarret. 

Bates powder'd beefe, turnip, and carret. 

But a cup of old Malaga facke j| 

Will fire the buihe at his backe* 



XX. 

THE DISTRACTED PURITAN, 
Mad song thb second, 

i-^-'tvas twriiten about tht beginning $/ the ftntenteenth centwry 
by the ivitty bifiop Corbet^ and is printed from tht ^ edit'um 
if his poemsy izmo. 1672, compared with a more andeut 
copy in the editor* s folio MS* 

AM I mad, Q noble Feftus, 
When zeal and godly knowledge 
Have put me in hope 
To deal with the pope. 
As well as the bed in the college f j 

Boldly 1 preach, hate a crofs, hate afurplice,. 

Miters, copes, and rochets ; 
Come hear me pray nine times a day, 
^nd fill your heads with crotchets. 

fa 



A N D B A ]L L A D S. 347 

In the houfe of pure Emanuel^ lo 

J had my education^ 

Where my fiiends funmic 

I dazel'd my eyes 
With the fight of I'evelatioQ, 
Boldly I preachy &c. 

They boiand me }ike a bedlam, 15 

They lafli'd tfiy four popr quarters ; 

Whilft this I endure, 

Faith znakes me fure 
T.o be one of Foxes martyrs, 
Bpldly I preach, &c. 

Thefe injuries I fuffer MO 

Through antichrift's perfwafion : 

Take off this chain. 

Neither Rome nor Spain 
(Pian refifl my ftrong invafion. 
Bpldly I preach, &c. 

Qf the beafts ten horns (God blefs us !) 25 

I have knock'd off three already ; 
If they let me alone 
I'll leave none : 
put they fay I am too heady, 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

When 

^ Em:.n-Ael colkge Cambridge nvas oriptudlj ufemmaxy of Pu^ 



»8 ANCIENT SONGS 

When I fack'd the feven-hiird city, jt 

I met the great red dragon ; 

I kept him aloof 

With the armour of proof. 
Though here I have never a rag on. 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

With a fiery fword and target, 35 

Therr fought I with this moniler : 

But the fons of pride 

My zeal deride. 
And all my deeds mifconfter. 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

I un hors'd the Whore of Babel, 40 

With the lance of infpiration; 

I made her flink. 

And fpill the drink 
In her cup of abomination. 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

I have (een two in a viiion 4; 

With a flying book • between them. 

I have been in defpair 

Five times a year. 
And cur'd by reading Greenham t* 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

I obfcrr'i 
• Alluding tofpme ^vifionary expofition of Zecb, cb. v. ver. i> 
+ Sie Greenhorn's fworks, fol, 1605. partitularfy tbi ira3f»' 
titlfd, " Afweet comfort for an fljfli^ed confcience^"'* 



A N D BALL A U & . 349 

I obferv'd in Perkins tables • cq 

The black line of damnation ; 

Thofe crooked veins 

So iluck in my brains. 
That I fear'd my reprobation* 
Boldly I preachy &ۥ 

In the holy^ tongue of QinaaA- ' ^^ 

I placed my chiefeft pleafure : 

Till r prick'd my foot 

With ai^Hebrew root. 
That I bled beyond all meafiiff • 
Boldly I preach, &c. 

I appealed before the archbifliop f, .60 

And al] ihe high commiffion ; 
I gave him, no grace. 
But told him to his face 
That he.&YOar'd faperftition. 

Boldly I preach, hate a crofs, hate a farplicej^ 
Miters, cope^, and rotchets : 

Come hear me pray nine times a day. 
And fill your heads with crotchets. 

XXL THE. 



balf.fieetfiUed, contawi„g " Afurvey, or tabU Marinsthe tr. 

der If the eaufes of falruatioit, and damnation, fiff." 'Tht 

pixgrtt of damnation being difiingmjbed b^ a broadblack zig.gat 

mni. f Laud. •* 



35© ANCJENf SdJftfS 



XXL 

THE LUNATIC LOVE*/ 

I 

Madsongtmbthikd, I 

I 

is givfn/rcm an M printed cofy in the Britifi Mn/etmi 
tmpmred mntb motbtr in the Ftfys cotkaiM : iotiin ikct 
Utter. 

GRIM kin^ of the ghofts, make hafie^ 
And bring hither all your train 9 
See how the pale moon does wafte. 

And jttft now is in the wune. 
Come, you night-hags, with aU your iiktrmi, 5 

And revelling witches away. 

And hug me clofe in yoor arms ; 

To you my rcfpeds PU pay* 

I'll court yon, and think yon fair^ 

Since love does diftradk my br^in r S* 

I'll go, and I'll wed the night*mare. 

And kifs her, and kifs her again : 
But if flie prove peeviih and proud. 

Then, a pife on her love ! let her go ; 

PB 



AND BALLADS^ 351 

I'll feek me a winding ihrond, 1 5 

And down to the ihades below* 

A lunacy fad I endure. 

Since reafon departs away ; 
I call to thofe hags for a cure» 

As knoyiring not what I fay : 20 

The beauty, whom I do adore. 

Now flights me with fcom and difdain | 
I never (hall fee her more : 

Ah ! how (hall I bear my pain I 

I ram()Ie, and range about ii5 

To find out my charming faint ; 
While (he at my grief does flout. 

And (miles at my loud complaint : 
Diflra£lion I fee is my doom. 

Of this I am now too fure ; 30 

A rival is got in my room. 

While torments I do endure* 

Strange fancies do fill my head. 

While wandering in de(jpair, 
I am to the deiarts lead, 35 

Expeding to find her there. 
Methinks in a fpangled cloud 

I (ee her enthroned on high. 
Then to her I crie aloud. 

And labour to reach the flty. 40 

2 Whfn 



35% ANCIENT SONGS 

When thus I have rav'd a while, * 

And wearyed myielf ia vais^ 
I lye on the barren foil. 

And bitterly do complain : 
Till flumber hath quieted me, £c 

In forrow I figh and weep ; 
' *• The clouds are my canopy 

To cover me while I flcep. 

I dream that my charming fair 

Is then in my rival's bed, 50 

Whofe trefles of golden hair 
' '^ Are on the fair pillow befpread : 
Then this doth my paffion inflame, 

I ftart, and no longer can lie : 
Ah !. Sylvia, art thou not to blame jj 

To ruin a lover ? I cry. 

Grim king of the ghofts, be true. 

And hurry me hence away. 
My languifhing life to you 

A tribute I freely pay : 60 

To the elyfian fhades I poft 

In hopes to be freed from care, 
Where many a bleeding ghoft 

Is hovering in the air, 

XXII. THE 



A N D B A L L A D S. 353 



, . XXII. 

t ' t • • • * 

THE LADY DISTRACTED WITH LOVE, 

1 * 

Mad So no the fovrth, 

'tvas originally Jung in one of Tom 1)'u it pit's come* 
dies of Don' fixate oBed in 1694 and 1696 ; and probahtf 
.tmfofed by himfidf* In the fenferal^itmuUi the auibor re^ 
fre/ents his fretty mad ivoman as i^/uUenlj mad : 2. mirth* 
fulhf mad : %• melancholy mad : 4. fantajlically mad: and 
5 . ftark mad. Both this, and Num. XXlF^ are frintedjrom 
D'itrfy*t ** Pilfs tofwrge MtUmcholy^* 1719. W. /. 

FROM rofie bowers, where fleeps the god of love. 
Hither* ye litde wanton cupids, fly ; 
Teach md iii foft melodioos ftrains to^move 

With tender paflion my heart's darling joy : 
Ah ! let the foul of mufick tone my voice* 5 

To win dear Strpphon* who my foul enjoys* 

Or* if more ia)lttenclng 

Is to bebvift and airy. 
With 1^ ftep vcA a bound* 

With a £riik from the ground* to 

.I'll trip like any fairy : 
Vol. II. Z At 



V 



^.V A N C I E N i* ^ bi^fe S 

As once on Ida dancing 

Were three celeftial bodies : 
With an air, and a face. 
And a fhape, and a grace, 15 

I'll charm, like beauty'tfgoddefs. 

Ah ! 'tis in vain ! ^s'all, 'tis all in vain I 

Df^^m t94sftio9qft^<r aeittav^cifai t 

Cold, cold defpair, difguis'd like (now and rain. 
Falls t^ loiy KrM ; ^flalc yj^ti^'^fh tivip^s blow ; 20 
My veins all fliivcr^ and my fing^'s*glow j 
My* pulfe.' beats a Se^.'nwcli for'loirrepofe, 
Aad io^^olid Ituap. o£ icetny'vpobr fbttd hibsart Is fioacw 

' • . • • . • 

Or fay, y^ powers,' my peace. to cwiwil. 
Shall I thaw, myifelf, and drown, - 115 

Among the foaming billows ? 
^<, . Iii(;reliiing all with teara I £b«d> 

On beds q^'^ozCf andchry^'piUowa. 
Lay dowQi Uy down my lov6fidclidad ^ 



« « • 



No, no, 1^1 {liaat miC nizi, i»a&, inftd, '30 

That fopntityhe^wiil WWII'' 

When once the fenfe is fled, is fled. 

Love has no powerfto charm, 
V/ild thro' the woods I«fl'fiy; A^^f; ''- ♦ 

Robes, locks fiftf[Fflifis^iili:.^^t6r^! 55 

A thoufand, th<{tfffifid ^tftees^Plt ^e - * 

Ere thus,, thus, in 'yitth;;^cie<tjffTii4in adore. 
«'^ "^ XldftlrTH 



C I 



AND B A |. L A D S. 355 



THE DISTRACTED LOVER, 

Ma0 Song tjib fifth. 

From the Hivef a colhBum rf fings* 4<Wj. 1724* xiiM 
Hvhire may hi found two pr tbrnother mad songs not admit 
ted into this collision* 

iGo to the Ely£an (hade. 
Where fbrrow ne'er ihall wound mt ; 
Where nothing ihall my reft invade. 
But jo/ ihall iUll furround me. 

I ily from Celia's cold^ifdaiiiy 5 

From her difdain I fly ; 
She is the caufe of all my pain^ 

For her alone I die. 

Her eyes are brighter than the mid-day fun, 
rWhen he but half his radiant courie has run> xo 

When his meridian- glories g^ly ihine. 
And gild all nature with a warmth divine* 

See yonder river's flowing tide. 

Which now fo full appears ; 
Thofe ilreams, that do fo fwiftly glide, 1 5 

Are nothing but my tears. 

Z z There 



356 ANCIENT SONGS 

There I have wept till I could weep no more, 
• And curft mineeyesy when they Jiave wept their ftore, 
I'hen, like the clouds, that rob the azure main, 
JL've drained the flood to weep it back ^gais, 29 

Pity my pains. 

Ye gentle fwains \ 
Cover me with ice and (how, 
I fcorchy I bum, I flames I glow ! 

Furies, tear me, 25 

Quickly bear me 
To the difmal (hades below ! 

Where yelling, arid howling. 

And grumbling, and growling 
Strike the ear with horrid woe. }• 

Hiffing fnakes. 

Fiery lakes 
Would be a pleafure, and a cure< 

Not all the hells. 

Where Pluto dwells, 3J 

Can give fuch pain as I endure. 

To fome peaceful plain convey me# 

On a moifey carpet lay me. 

Fan me with ambroflal breeze, j 

Let me die, and fb have eafe ! 4« 



XXIV. THE 



AND BALLADS. 357 



XXIV. 

THE FRANTI-C LADY, 

Mad Song the sixth. 

^bist as uuillas Num. XXI If luas oripnally fung in one of 
D*u R P E Y 's comedies of Don fixate, ji circumftance njohicb 
nvas not known lAfbenp. 343 wuas printed off^ 

IBuniy my brain confumes to afhes ! 
Each eye ball too like lightning flaflies ! 
Within my bread there glows a folid fire, 
Whicii in a thoufand ages can't expire ! 



9 



Blow, blow, the winds' great ruler ! j 

Bring the Po» and the Ganges hither, 

»Tis fiiltry weather. 

Pour them all on my foul. 

It will hifs like a coal. 
But be never the cooler, 10 

'Twas pride hot as hell. 

That firft made me rebell. 
From love's awful throne a curft angel I fell ; 

^d mourn now my fate. 

Which myfel^ did create : 1 5 

Tcol, fool, that confider'd not when I wa& well ! 

Z 3 Adieu! 



358 ANCIMEHT SONGS 

Adiea ! ye vain tranfporting joys ! 
Off ye vain Buitaflic ^oy s I -— 
That drefs this face— this body — to allure ! 

Bring me daggers, poiSn, fire ! 20 

Since icorn is turned into deiire, 
AU hdl feds not the rage, which I, |>oOr I efl:diii^. 



XXV. 
LILLI BURLERO. 

The following rfym^Sf JUght and inRgnificant at tbp ma^ 
monu Jeem^ had once a more ponuerful effeS than either the 
Philipics of Demojtbenis^ or CicerO ; and comributed not a 
little tonjuards the grea$ rev^ti»n in i6M* Let us hear a 
contemporary ^writer^ 

*^ A foolijh ballad nuas made at that ti/ne, treating the 
** papijfj, andchiefy the Irijh^ in a tTtry ridiculous manner ^ 
'* ivhich had a burden f aid to belrijb njoords^ hero^ lero^ 
** liliburlero, that made an impreffion on the [^i'^g**^ army^ 
** that cannot be imagined by thofe that Javi it not. The 
** tuhole armyt and at lafi the people both in city and country ^ 
" iverejfnging it perpetually. And ptrhapf we^fer had fo 
** Jl^gbt a thing fo great an effeB.^* Burnet* 

It *was twritien on occajton of the king*s nominating to the 
lifutenancy of Ireland in t6%6, general Talbot, neiJi)ly created 
earl of fyrconnel, a furious papoB^ who had recmtmended 
himfelf to his bigotted mafter by lis , iirbitrary treatment of 
the protefiants in the preceding year, *when only lieutenant 
gen&al ; and fwhofe fuhfe^uent conduQ fully juftifed his fic- 

ptQaitiom 



Al^p BALLAD S. 35? 

ptaatim «nd their fears. V>^ji'!'"&^ ^. I'^'J^T^j: 

firatim may be ^entn any of Ibe hprtetif thafiilt.ms . 

Sfrtichrlj in ^Jbop King's " Sf^fif the pr,tefiant, m 

*t Ireland.". i6afltA(l>^ . , ' , , .r j 

Lillibur'leSo' is faid to haw^ been the match^ord 

ufid among the Irifi pafifts in th^maJfMre of the frotef- 
iantt in 1641. , 

HO ! broder Tcague, doft hear-dc decree ? 
LHli buHero buUen ac-la. 
Dat we fliall have a new deptrtic, — 
Lilli burlcro bullen a-la. 

hero 1^^, Uili burlero, kro lero, bullerfa-la, 5 
Lerolero, lilli burlero, lero lero, bullen a-la. 

T • • * ■ 

• *^ « -A % • « • 

Ho ! by fliaint Tyburn, itift de^Talbotc : 

LilU, &c. 
And ho wall cii&all de EngHlb tra^te* 

LilU, &c. ... «« 

• < • - 

• • « * • 

Dough by my Ihoul de Engiifli 4q p.raat, 

Lilli, &c. 
De Uw's on, 4aw C/e, ^d Cmh Jf apw* whu. 

Lilli, &c 

But if difpence do <ome fro© ^ pope, 1 5 

Lilli, &c. 

We'll hapg M^gaa gharta, and dem in a rope. 

Lilli, i&c. 

Z 4. For 



* » ^ 



360 ANCIENT SONGS 

FcMr de good Talbot is nude a lord, 

LiUi, Sec. 20 

And with brave lacis is coining aboard : 
. . Lillly Sec 

Who all in France have taken a fware, 

Lilliy &c. 
Pat dey will have no proteftant heir. 25 

Lilli, &c. 

' Ara ! but why dbes he ftay behind ? 
i IiUi» &c. . 
Ho ! by my fhoul 'tis a proteftant wind. 

J.illi,&c. . . 30 

Sut fee de T^onnel is now come Bllhow, 

Lilli^ &c. 
And we fhall have conunidions gillore. 

And he dat will not go to 4^ mafs, 35 

Liili, &c. 
Shall be turn out, and look like an afs. 

LilK, &c. 

N0W9 now de hereticks sdl go down, 

Lilli» &c« 40 

By Cheriih and (hatnt Patrick, de nation^s our own. 
Lilli, &c. 

Dare 



AND B A L L A D & 361 

• » / 

Dare was an old prophefy found in a bog, 

. LillT, &c. 
** Ireland fhall be rul'd by an afs, and a dog.*' 45 
Lilli, &c. 

r. 

And now dis prophefy is come to pafs, 

LilU, &c. 
For Talbot's de dog, and Ja**s is de afi. 

Lilli^ &c. j>9 



xjcVl 
the braes of yarrow, 

m * 

In imitation op thb ancient Scots UAvtiER, 

— nvas 'written by William Hamilton of Bangouty eff^ *mb§ 
died March 25, 1754. aged 50. // ii printed from an ek* 
gant edition of his Poems publijhed at Edinburgh^ 1 760^ 1 2ffiitf. 

^.'nUSK ye, buft ye, xny bonny bdnpy bride, 
JJ Bulk ye, bb(k ye, my winibme marroW, 
Balk ye, buft: ye, my bonny bonny bride. 
And think nae mair on the Braes of Yarrow. 

B. Where gat ye that bonny bonny bride ? 5 

Where gat ye that winfome marrow ? 
uf. I gat her where I dare na wdl be feen9 

Piling the birks on the Braes of Yarrow. 

Weep 



«^2 ANCI^^TSQHGS 

Weep not, weep, not, my bonny l^ny bride. 

Weep not, weep not, my winlbiQeiparrow> lo 

« Nor kt thy hea^t lamex^t ^9 leive 

Piling the birks on the Braes of Yarzpw. 

B> Why does (he weep, thy bonny bonny bridc^? 
Why does ihe weep thy winfbme marrow ? 
And why dare ye nae mair well be feen 15 

Piling the birks on the Braes of Y^row ? 

J, Lang maun ihe weep, lang maun (he, maun ihe weep, 
Lang maun ihe weep with clule and forrowy 
And lang maun I nae mair weil be ieen 
Puing the birks on.th^ Si'aes of Yarrow. 10 

For ihe has tint her luver, luver dear, 
. Jfi^if luver dear, the cauie of (onoWa 
And I hae ilain the comlieft fwain 
That eir pu'd birks on the Braes of Yarrow. 

Why rins thy ib-eam, O Yarrow, Yarrow, reid ? 25 
Why on thy biiaes heard the VMce of iorrow ? 

Andwhyyou mdancholiou&weids 
Hung on the bonny birks of Yarrow ? 

What's yonder floats on the rueful rueful flude ? 

What's yonder ibats ? O duie and forrow ! je 

O 'tis he the comely iwainl ilew 

Upon the duleful Braes of Yarrow. 

Waft, 



A K B A L L A D S. 363 

Waih, O waih his wounds^ his wounds in tteorsy . 

His wounds kt teaiv-wkk dul« and- fonpw. 
And wrap his Umbs in mourning weids, 3 j 

And lay him on the Braes of Ya»ow. 

Then build-, then baiH, jre fitters, fillers lad. 

Ye fillers fad, his tomb widi forrow. 
And weep around in waeful wife 

His hdpids fiMie on the Braes of Yanow. 40 

Curie ye, curfeye, lus ufelels, ufelefi fhield^ 
My arm that wrought the deed of finrrow, • 

The fatal fpear that pierc'd his breaft. 
His comely breaft on the Braes of Yan»w. 

Did I not warn thee, not to, not to Inve ? 4{ 

And warn from fight ? but to my (brrow 

Too rafhiy bauld a ftronger arm 
Thou met'ft, and and fePft on t^ Braes of Yarrow. 

Sweet fmells the birk, green grows, green grows thp 
grafs. 

Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan» 50 

Fair hangs the apple frae the rock. 

Sweet the wave of Yarrow fiowan. 

Flows Yarrow fweet ? as fwcet, as fweet flows Tweed, 
As green its grafs, its gowan as yellow. 

As 



36^ ANCIENT SONGS 

As fweet findls on its braes the birk> r r 

The apple fraeits itKk as mellow. 

Fair was thy lttve» fair fair indeed thy luve. 
In flow'ry bands thou didft him fetter $ 

Tho* be was fair, and weil beluv'd agai4 
Than me he never luv'd thee better. $% 

• Bufk, ye, then bn(k» my. bonny bonny bnde« 
Bulk ye, buik ye, my winfomemarrow, 
Buik ye, and lave me on the banks of Tweedy . 
And think nae mair on the Braes of Yarrow. 

C. How can I bafk a bonny bonny bride ? 65 

How can I bufk a winibme marrow ? 
' How luvehim upon the banks of Tweed, 

That HfiYf my luve on the Braes of Yarrow i 

. O Yarrow field?* may never never rain. 

Now dew thy tender bloiToms cover, ;o 

. For there was bafely flain my luve. 
My luvc, as he had not been a lover. 

The boy 'put on his robes, his rpbes of green. 
His purple vcft, 'twas my awn fewing : 

Ah ! wretched mc ! I little, little ken'd 75 

He was in thefe to meet his ruin. 



The 



AND BALLADS. 3^ 

The boy took oat ids milk-whit^ milk'^liite fteed» 

Vnheolfal of my dulc and fonow $ 
^ut ere the toofidl of the night 
'^He Ixf a corps on the Braes of Yarxbw. %o 



Mnc^ I icjoyb'd that, waefal waeful day ; 

> .. . . 

I fang» my voice the woods returning i ' * ^ 
But lang ere night the fpear was flown. 
That flew my luve, and left me mourning. 

What can my barbarobs barbarous father do. 

But with his cruel rage pnrfae me ? 
My luver*s blood is on thy fpear. 

How can'ft tholi, barbarous man, then woe me ? 

My happy fiflers may be, may be proud 

With cruel, and ungentle {coflin% gm 

May bid me Teek on Yarrow's Braes 

My luver nsdkd in his coflin. 

My brother Douglas inay upbraid, upbraid. 
And ftrive with threatning words to muve me : 

My luver's blood is on thy (pear, 99 

How canft thou ever bid me lave thee ? 

Yes, yes, prepare the; bed, the bed of luve. 

With bridal flieets my body cover. 
Unbar, ye bridal maids, the door. 

Let in the expelled hun)ande lover. ir« 

% Bill 



I 



3^ A.^fCIJCNT SOVjGS 

Bttt mhD&»exptQti kvAaod hniuQid is f 
His hands, nwdiiiikB, are liadi^ In flai^uinv 

Ah me! what ghaft]i]F ipeftre's yoB» 
ComesJarhis'palrftieiid, \Aeedmgi£t 



Pale as I^is, here lay him, by him 4ow^ noj 

O lay his <5old he^ oa my pillow ; 
Take aff, take aff Aef<( bridal weids, 

And erowfi my eareful head with^K411oi¥« 

Pale tho' Aon art, yetbefty.yetbed'beluv'd, 
O could my waimth to life reftore thee! i lo 

Yet lye all night between my bieifts, 
'Nayeuth lay ever thei« befoje thee* 

Pale, pale indeed, O lnvdy lavely youth. 

Forgive, forgive £> foul aiUyughl^ry 
And lye all night between my breifts, 1 1 5 

No youth ihall e)rer lye there after. 

J, Return, ietttni,'0 mournful, «(ounrfal-biid^« 
-Return and dry thy ufidefs forrow. 
Thy luver heeds iMMight of (ky fighs. 
He lyes^a ceip^ jn (^e Sraeo^f Y arrow. 1 20 

XXVIL ADMIRAL 



K't^b BAliLkt)! <S^ 




< 



xxvn. 

-i- A DM^IR'AI. HOSIER'S GHOST, 

» 

^was written by-tbe ittgennusauttor of Leonidas, mi 

the taking of Porto Bello from the Spaniards by Jdmiral 

Virnony Nov. 22. ly^g.^Tbe cajt of flofier, nvhicb isbinfb 

fatbeticaUy rifirifkntidy ^was briefly tins. In Aprils 17269 

-ipft common Jer <4m^ Jekt nvitb a-^ongfleiet into tbe Spanifi 

^IVeft'lndies^ to block up the galleons in the ports of that 

country y or Jhould they prefume to come out^ tojeisce and cany 

them into England : be accordingly arri<vedat the Baftimentos 

near Porto fi^le^ but being rtftri^ed'hy bis order's fi^m obey^ 

ing the diSates of his courage^ lay inoQiiie on that ftatiom 

until he became thejefi of tbe Spaniards : be afiertwards re^ 

Moved to Cartbagina^ and continued cruizing in tbrfe feas^ 

:v|rJ7 far tbe greater 'fart of his taen ferijbed dephrably by tbe 

difeafes of tluU unheattiy climate , This braye man^ fieing 

his beft officers and men thus daily fwept anuay^ his Jbips ex- 

pofed to inevitable defltiiSidnj and himfelf made thefport of 

^he enemy ^ i^fitid to ia^i died tf a broken heart. S/e SmoU 

let's hifl. 

The foUonuingfong is commonly accompanied nvith a Second 
Pt^i or Anfwery nuhich being of inferior merit j andappa^^ 
: tently <written by aswtlar Hktid^ bafb'bein rejeSed. 

AS n<?af Porte-Bello lying 
On the gen tly fwelling flaody 
At midnight with ftreamers flying 
Our triumphant navy rode % 

X There 



368 ANv.C.IENT S;pN<;S 

Tben while Vernon fate all-glorious 5 

From the Spaniards' late defeat ; 
And his crews with fhonts vidtbrious. 

Drank faccefs to England's fleet : 

On a fndden (hrilly'ibunding, 
' Hideons yelk, and (hriek^ w^e heard ^ - i# 
Then each heart with fear confounding^ 

A fad troop of ghofts appeared. 
All in dreary hammocks fhrouded, . 

Which for winding-sheets they wore^ 
And with looks by ibrrow clouded i r 

Frowning on that hoUile fliore. 

» 

On them gleam'd the moon's wan Inftre, 

When the fhade of Hofter brave 
His pale bands was ieen to mufter 

Riflng from tl^eir watry grave : 8# 

O'er the glimmering wave he hy'd him. 

Where the Burford * rear'd her fail. 
With three thau&id ghofis befide hini» 

And in groans did Vernon hail. 

. , « 
Heed» oh hee4 our fatal AQry» 25. 

I am Hoiier's injur'd ghoft. 
You, who now have purchas'd glory, , 

At this pee where I was loft ! 



Tho' 



• thtAdmiralTsfiif. 



AND BALLADS. 369 

Tho' in Porto-BdUo's ruin 

You now triumph free from fears^ ja 

When you thinfe on oar ondoing. 

You will mix your joy with teara. 

See thefe mottrnfiil Q>edre$ Sweeping 

Ghaftly o'er this hated wave, 
Whofe wan cheeks are ftain'd with wcqjing ; 35 

Thefe were EngliOi captains brave : 
Mark thofe numbers pale and hoidd, 

Thofe were once my Tailors bold, 
Lo» each hangs his drooping forehead. 

While his difmal tale is told. 4^ 

I, by twenty fail attended. 

Did this Spanilh town afiight ; 
Nothing then its wealth defended 

But my orders not to fight : 
Oh ! that in this rolling ocean j c 

I had caft them with difdain. 
And obeyed my heart's warm motion 

To have quell'd the pride of Spain I 

For refiftance I could fear none. 

But with twenty fhips had done e^ 

What thou, brave and happy Vernon^ 

Haft atchicvy with fix alone, 

Vot. II. A « Then 



3?o 



A N C lENT SONGS 

Then the baftimcntds never 

Had our foul diihonour feen. 
Nor the fca the fad receiver SS 

Of this gallant train had been. 

Thus, like thee, proud Spsun difmaying. 

And her galleons leading home. 
Though condemned for difobcybg 

I had mej ^ traitor's doom, ^ 

To have faljfcti, my country crying 

He has play'd ai> Englifh part, 
Had been, better far than dying 

Of a gricvM ajid broken heart. 

Unrepining at thy glory, ^ ^S 

Thy fucccfsful arms we hail ; 
But remember our fad ftory, 

And let Hofier*s wrongs prevail. 
Sent in this foul clime to languifti 

Think what thoufands fell in vain, 7^ 

Wafted with difeafe and anguiih. 

Not inglorious battle flain. 

Hence with all my train attending 

From their oozy tombs below. 
Thro' the hoary foam afcending, 75 

Here I feed my conftant woe : 

Here 



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A K D fi A L L A D S. 371 

Here the badiiDentos viewing^ 

We recal our ihameful doom. 
And pur plaintive cries renewing^ 

Wander thro' the midnight gloom. 80 

O'er thcfe waves for ever mourning 

Shall we roam deprived of reft. 
If to Britain's fhores returning 

You negleft my juft requeil ; 
After this proud foe fubduing, 85 

When your patriot friends you fee. 
Think on vengeance for my ruin. 

And for England fhamM in me. 



THE END OF BOOK THE THIRD- 



A a • 



A GLOSSARY 



OF THE OBSOLETE AMD SCOTTISH W0RS6 Ql 



VOLUME THE SECOND. 

gnck tvords, as the nader cannot find htr^ be is defoei to 
hoi /or in the Ghjfaries to the other volumes. 

Af Wow. ^.oinfPffiaf term, bii/bl 

ADeid of nichf. 8. p^'^Z* Banning, cnr/h^, (inp.i^St 

in dead of nigbtm ii was b^mn^ in MS.) 

Aboven ou9. above us* Battes. beany flscksy clubs. 

Advoatrjy advouterous. add' Bayard, a noted bUnd borfe m 

tery, adulterous. the old romances. 

Abte. ougbt. Be. s. by. Be that, hy tbmt time, 

Al. /• 5. albeit, abbougb, Bearn, bairn, s. child: alfi% 

, Alemaigne. f. Germaty, human creature. 

Alyes. p. zj. probably com^ted Bed. p. 9. bade. 

for aigates, abwaj/s. Bede. p. 17. ofer, engs^et 

Ardent, a flag, banner. BefdAl. p. 6 ^. befallen* 

Angel, a gold coin vaortb 10 x. Befoir. s. before^ 

Ant. and. Belive. immediately^ prefentlf. 

Apliht. p. 10. al aplyht. qinte Ben. ^.11. be, are. 

complete. Bene. p.i%. bean, an expr^foo 

Arpabulhe. barquebuffe, an old" of contempt, 

fapnoned kind of mu/ket. Beoth. be^ are. 

Aih. as. ^trthcfry^.p.j.baretheprixe, 

Attowre. 8. out over. Beft>rent. be/prinkled. 

Azein, agein. againfi. Befted. p. 263. abode* 

Bewraies. diJcovers, betrc^s. 

B. Bet. better. Bett. did beat. 

Bi mi leaute. by ny hyaky^ bo* 

Bairded. 9. bearded. nef^. 

Bale, «v//| mifcbief, mfery. Bbk, >» bircb'tree$ 

Slot. 



A GLOSSARY, 



373 



Blent, p. 134.. ceafed. 

Blink. 8. a gUmPfe rf^M : tbe 

fuddmligbt ^ a canMefetn 

in tbe nigbi mt a dSfidnct, 
BoiftyboifteriB.B. hoajiyhoafitri. 
BoAny, «• handftme^ comely. 
Boote, gam^ advofiage. 
Bot. 8. but. p. 174. b^des, 

moreover, 
Bot. 8. iviibout. Bot dreid. 

nmtbont dready u e, artainfy* 
Bougils. s. bugfeborns. 
Bowne. rea^y- 
Braes of Yarrow. 8« the bsUy 

banks of tbe river Tarrvw. 
Bradcy braid, s. broad. 
Braifly. s. brafveh. 
Brayd. s. arofe^ bajlened, 
Brayd attowre the bent. s. bufl" 

ed over ibe field, 
Brede. breadth So<^bauc, 
Bn'mme. puhlick^ umverJaUy 

knouoM. 
Brok her with winne.'^o^j&rr 

vAtb pleafure, 
Brouch. an omamentai trinket. 
Buen, bueth. been, be, are, 
Buik. s. book, 

Burgens. buds, young /boots, 
Buik ye*, s. drefsye. 
But. vntbout, but let. vuitbout 

bindrance. 
But give. 8. but \f, unlefs, 
Bute. s. booty advantage, good. 
Byre, a cow-boufe* 

C, 

Caliver. a kind of mufiet* 
Can curtefye. knonv, underjiand 

good manners. 
Cannes, p, %i, wooden cups, 

krwls. 



Cantabanqui. Ifal. hedlad'/ng^ 

^^ififigers on beticbes, 
Cantlesy pieces^ corners, 
Capul. a poor borfe, 
Carpc. tojpeak, recite : alfo, t$ 

tenfiire. 
Carping, reciting, 
Chayme.^. 60. Cain, 
Che. (Somerfet dialed,) I, 
Cheis. 8. cbttje, 
Cheefe. p, ao. tbe upper part of 

tbefcutcbeon in beroL&y, 
Chill. (Som, dial.) I vjitl. 
Choul. fditto,)Invould, 
Chylded. brought fortb, njuas 

delivered. 
Clattered, beatfo as to rattle, 
Cleading. 8. cloatbing, 
Clenking. clinking, jingling, 
Clepe* call, 

Cohorted. incited, exborted, 
Cokeney. p* 24. jome dijh novf 

unknovm. Set Chaucer, 
Cold roft. (apbrafe) nothing to 

tbepurpofe. 
Com./. %,came, 
Comen of kinde. p, 19. come of 

agoodbretd. 
Coh, can. "gan, began. Item, 

Con fpringe. aphrafeJprungm 

Con fare, vjent, pa fid, 
Coote. p. 444. (blazon the) coat 
Coft. coaft,fide. 
Cotydyallye. daily, every day* 
Covetife. covetoufnefs. 
Could bear, a pbrafefor bare. 

Could creip. s. crept. Could 

ray.y27i^.Couldweip.8 vjept* 
Could his good. p. 240. Knev} 

*ivhat tuasgood for him ; Or 

perhaps. Could live upon bis 

ovjn, 

Coutlien^ 
A a 3 



1 



374 A G L O S S A R Y. 

Couthen./. 9. hiew, prepared^ fitted out, dn§f 

Croft, an inelofure near a boufe, made, 

Croiz. crofi, Dyht. /». loJo dijpo/e, order. 

Crouneth. p. 8. crewnye. Dill. JfiU, cdlm^ mitigate* 

Cnimpling. crooked $ or perhaps Dol.fee Deol, Dule. 

toitb crooked knotty horns. DoughdnelTe of dtnujiurdinefs 

Culc. s. cooL ofblvws. 

Cummer, s. goffip^friendy fr. Drake, p, 19. 

Cemmere, compere. Drie. %.fujfer. 

Cure, tyir^i ^ff^^ regard. Drowe. drenju^ 

Dryng. drink. 

T). Dude, did, 

Dule. s. dueli dol, doUfgrirf, 

Dale. 8. deal. p.S%. but give I Dyce. s. ii^^, chequer 'work. 

dale. tt«/^ /d^^. Dyne. s. /• 90. dinner. 
Dampned> damned. 

Ihffh.p, 10. perhaps for ThzXi E. 

there^ Eard. s. ^ar/j&. 

Darr'd. s, i&i/. £ikd. s.^. 70. added^ enlarged. 

Dart the trie. s. ikV the tree. Elvifti. peevijb : — fantaJHcal* 

Daukin. diminutive of Daniel: Ene . $. eyn. eyes. Ene. s. even. 

or per baps the fame as Dohkin. 'EnCucfolhrw. 

Daungcr halt, coynefs boldeth, Entendement. f. underftanding. 

Deare day. charming^ pleafant Ententifiy. to the entente fur^ 

day. ^ pofely. 

Dede is do. p. 30. deed is done. £r, ere. before. Ere. ear. 

Peerlye dight. richly fitted out. Ettle()» aimed^ 
Deimt. s. deemed, efleem^d. 

Pe\r.9.dear. Item: hurt, trou- F, 

ble, difiurb. 

Dele. deal. Fader : Fatheris. %. father \ fa- 

Deme, deemed, judge ^ doomed, therms. 

Dent./. 17. « dint, blofw, Fadge. s. a thick loqf of bread: 

Peol. dolCf grief. figuratively, any coarfe heap 

Dere, deere. dear : alfo, hurt. rf fluff. 

Derked. darkened. Fair of feir. s. of a fair and 

JDern. s. fecret. /. 68. I'dern, healthful Icok, Ramfey. Ra- 

infecret, ther^ far off (free from) fear. 

Devyz. dcvife, the a3 of be' Falfing. dealiug infalfhood, 

queathing by ivill, Fannes./. 21. tnftruments for 

Deze> deye. die, ^nnoiving corn. 

pighc : dicht. s, decked, dreffed. Fare, go^ pafs, travel. 

Fare, 



A GLOSSARY. 



375 



Fare, the price of a palfage : p^ 

78. abufi^efyijboti reckoning. 

Fauzt; faucht. %. fought, Mem 

fight. 
Fcil. s.p.71. have failed. 
Fell. p, IS' furious. /. zi.Jkia. 
Fend, defend. 
Fere. fear. Item companion, 

ivife. 
Ferliet. 8. tvondered., 
Ferly. <wonder ; alfit lAionder- 

ful. 
Fey. s. predeftinated to death, 
or fome misfortune : under a 
fatality. 
Fie. s. beafls, cattle. 
Firth, Firth, s. a -wood. 
Fitt. drvifionypart. See the end 

of this Glojfary. 
f leyke, p. 129. a large kind of 

hurdle. 
Flowan. s.flo^juing. 
Fond, contrive : alfo, endea- 
vour, try. 
Force, p. 154. no force, no 

matter. 
Forced, regarded, heeded. 
Forefend. averts binder. 
For fought, p.^l. through fight- 
ing: or perhaps for- fought, 
over-fought. 
Forwatcht. over-vjatched, kept 

a^wake. 
Tors. p. 12. 1 do no fors. Idoh*t 

care. . . 

For ft. p. 6%. heededy regarded. 
Fowkin. a cant vjordfor a fart. 
Fox't. drunk. 

Frae thay begin, p. S%.from 
their beginning '.from the time 
they begin. 
, Frecrs, fty?Li's. friars, monks. 
Freake, freke, f reyk^. man, hu- 
tmn creature* 



Freyke. p. 130. humour ^indulge 

freakifily, capriciouflym 
Frcyned. afked. 
Frie. s. iit.free., 

G. 

Ga, jgais. s. go^ goes. 
G2i6\\x\gs. gadder Sy idlefeUo^ws* 
Galliard. a fprightly kind of 

dance. 
Gayed. made gay (their cloaths) 
Gear, gair. s. goods y effe^s, fluff* 
Geere^will fway. p. 188. this 

matter vuill turn out : affair 

terminate. 
Gcdercde ys hoft. gathered bis 

hoft. 
Gef, geve. give. 
Geft. /. 266. aSl, feat, ftory, 

hiflory. (It is Jeft in MS.) 
G'lCi gien, s. give, given, 
Gillore. (Irifi^^) plenty. 
Gimp, jimp. %.neat,flender. 
Girt. s. pierced. Through girt. 

p. 64. pierced through. 
Give. s. cifF. if. 
Glaive i.fvjord. 
Glie. s. glee, merriment , joy, 
GliftJ s. gliflered. 
Gode, godnefs, good,goodnefs* 
God before. />. 75. a form of 

bleffing. 
Good. p.ns*fc. a good deal. 
Gorget, the drefs of the neck. 
Gowan. s. the common yelloiu 

crovifeot, or goldcup. 
Graithed (gowtlen), s. vjas ca* 

parifoned vjtth gold. ' 
Gree.. f. 'pri:ce, viBory, 
Greened, grenu green. 
Gret.p. S'greatf p. Z.grieved, 

' fbrry. 

A a 4 Grfppel, 



1 



37* 



A glossarV. 



Orippel. gr^agt ienacms, 
miferfy, 

Grownes^|rmMM£r.>. 237 (rbvtb' 
mi gratia, (Fid. Sowne.) 

Growte. In Nortbampt9Hftnref is 
a kindoffmaU'beerf€Xtra3» 
ed Jrom the tnaJty after the 
firength has been drawn off. 
In Devon fjt isakindofjhveet 
ede medicated wtb eggs ^f aid 
to be a Damjb liquor, 

Gry^t, a griffin, 

Gurd. p» J 8. girded, lajbed^&c* 

Gybe, j eft J joie. 

Gyles, s. guiles. 

Gyn. engine, contrivance. 

Gyfe, i,gmfe,/orm,faJbion. 

H. 

Ht. have. ha. s. baU, 
Habbe, aTe he brew./. 4. bave, 

as be brenvs. 
Haggis. 8. a Jbeefs Jiomacb, 

fii^d luiib a pudding made 

of mince-meat, &c, 
Haily hale, s. tvbole, altogetber. 
Halt, boldetb. 
Hame, hamward. bome, bome^ 

njoard. 
Han. bave. ^.perf.pbtr. 
Hare . . fwerdes. p. 4. tbeir • • 

pwords, ' 
Harnifine. bamefs, armour. 
Harrowed, barraffed, difturbed. 
Hav. ba^e. 
Haves (of) /. 16. effe3s,fub* 

fiance, riches. 
Hawkin. /. e^ Hobiin, diminU' 

tive of Robert s unlefs it may 

rather be thought Jynorvjfmous 

to Halkin, dimin. of Harry, 
He./, ax. hie, baft en* 



Rede/. 17, bitd.f. Z. Vd; be 
*wonld.p,%e,i^e^^ 

ned.bead. 

Heare, here. /. (s. tair^ 

Heil. s. hele. beaUb^ 

Hecht to lay thee law. s. frd^ 
mifed,e^aged to hey tbt^Uw^ 

Heicht. s. be^t, 

Heiding-hilly s. tbg ^BeacBng 
[1. e. bebeadin^} bill. 'The 
pimce ofexeadnm tvas amci* 
entfy an artificial hillock. 

Helen, beal. 

Helpeth. help ye. 

Hem. them. 

Henne. bence. 

Hent, hente. beU, kdd bold ^t 
affo, received* 

Her. /• 17. 23. sS. tbeir. 

Here. /. 5. their. /. 58. heetr, 
/• 37. hair. 

Herkneth. bearkenye, 

Hert, hart % hertk-Zuwr/j hearts. 

Hes. s. has. 

Het. hot, 

Hether. s. heath, a lonnfi^rub^ 
that groFws upon the moors, 
&c, fo luxuriantly, as to choak 
the ^afs $ to prevent ivbich 
tb^ inhabitants fit vuhoie acres 
of it on fire, the rapidity of 
vthichgave the poet that apt 
and noble fimile in p, 99. 

Heuch. s« a rock orfieep biB. 

Hevede, hevedeft. had, hadeft. 

Heveriche, hevenriche. bea' 
venly. 

Heyze. hish. Heyd. s. hied. 

Hicht, a>hicht. s. on height. 

Hie dames to wail. s. /. 97, 
high [ffr, greai^ ladies too 
*wai! i Or, bafien ladies to 
ivail, &c. 

Hight. 



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377 



fii|^. ffmrnftd^ ngagidt tift^ 



Hilt. Ukn 9f, pad, Jlox.hjU 

ban* 
Hinch-boys. p^gis rf tammr^ 

mem tbattuetti mfiot attmif^ 

ing 9mperfim in eficgm 
Hinnv. s. Amtf^. 
Hit. tt. kit be write. ^. Z.iihe 

'writttm. 
Holdcn. IM. 
Holtis hair. s. b9arlnUs» 
Holy»roode» bofy crrfs^ 
Honden wiynge. hands *wrh^» 
'Rop^aluiimpi^gi hffpk^, aid 

babmg. 
Homle. pvi ihifatrmmnU. 
HowcKty uowers* bmars* 
Huerte. Amrf. 
Hye, hyeft. bigb, b^befl, 
Hynd attowre. «. bebmd, wer^ 

or about, 
Hy». bis ; aljb, is. 
Hyt, hytt. tt. 
Hyznes. b^bnefs. 



I. 



Janglers. talkative perjbns, teS- 
^ tales, 

I-lorc, hft. I'^ikt.Jiricken, 
I-tnowc. [I believe,] 'verify, 
I-wiiTe. [/ knoTAj,'] verily, 
Ich. /. Ich biqtiech. / befpteaib, 
JenkiR. diminutive efjobm. 
Ilk : this ilk. s. tbisfame, 
like, p, 18. eveiy like, every 

one, 
Inowe. enongb* 
Into. s. in, 

Jo. %,fvi)eet-bearty friend, 
loo, p, 20. Jbould probably be 

loo, i. e. baloo I 



Is. p, 4. A£r. 

Its neir. s. p, 91. hJbaUn^er. 
Jupe. s. ^. 97. an upper gar- 
ment, tV* a petticoat » 

K. 

Keipand. s. keepistg, 

Ktmpes.Jbldiers, vjorriours. 

Kend. s. kneiv, 

Kene. keen, 

K^ynd. s. *. 67. If this is 
** ifefjn/.*" then in the next ver, 
vue Jbould probably r^^u/bauld 
and free. Or perbaps keynd 
w corrupt for kemM, combed^ 
dre/edout\ orVitn^^yknoiAm^ 
proved. 

Kid, kithed. >»^z<2f knoiun^ 
Jb&vjn, 

Kindykinde.ir/z/»rf. ^.15. To 
carpe is our kind. // is natu- 
ral for us to talk qf. 

Kith and kin, acquaintance and 
kindred, 

Kye. kine, co-ius, 

Kyrtcl, kirtle. petticoat, 

Kythe. appear \ aljbf make ap^ 
pear, jbev:, declare, 

Kythed. /. 308. appeared, 

L. 

Layd unto her. /. %^%. imputed 

to ber. 
LafTe. lefs, 

Layne. lien : alfo, laid. 
Leek, p, 6'^,pbrafe of contempt, 
Leil. s. loyalf bone/t true. 
Leinnan, lemau. lover, mifrejs. 

Leir. s. lere. learn. 

Lengrr. 



378 



A GLOSSARY. 



Longer, longer. 

Lejigeth in. p. 264. refideib in, 

Lett, latte. binder. p, i 1 .ftaken, 

league off. 
Lever, ratljer. 
Leves and bowes. /. 3^. leases 

and bougbsr, 
Leuch, leugh, s. laughed. 
Leyke, Wkt. p. lay. p. 130, 466. 
Lie. s. lee. p. 101 . fields plain. 
Lieee-men. vaffalsjfuhjeSs. 
Lightly, eafily. 
Lire. p. 170. flefby complexion. 
Lodlye. bathfome. 
Loo. haloo t 

Lore, leffon^ doffrine, learning. 
Lore. loJI. 
Lorrel. aforryy *wortblefs per- 

fin.. 
Lofel. ditto. 

Loud and (liil. phr. at all times. 
Loiight ; lowe. laughed. 
Lowns. Sk p. 94. blazes. 
Lowte, lout, hoyjjjlocp. 
Lude, luid, luivt. 5-. lo^ved. 
Luiks. s. looks. 
Lyard. nimble. />. 1 9. probabfy 

tbf name of fime noted borfe 

in the old romances. 
Lys, lies. 

Lythe./. 163. eajy^ gentle. 
Lyven na more, li^ve no more^ 

no longer. 

M. 

Maden. made. 

jVlaking. p. i^i.fc.*verfes\ Hjer- 

Jifying. 
MaiTow. s. equal. 
Mart. 8« marred^ hurt^ dama^^ 

ed. 



Mane, maining. s. moan^ \ 

Mangonel, an engine vfei far 

difcbarging great Jiones before 

tie invention of gunpowder. 
Margarite. a pearl, lat. 
Maug%-e. /. 4. ^te oflp»6t. 

ill-'will (I incur), 
Me.p. g.men. Me con^nen *gan. 
Me-thuncheth. metbinks* 
Meane. moderate^ middU-fsud* 
Meit. 8. meet.^, proper. 
Meid. s< p. 97. mood. 
Meife. s. fqjten^ reduce ^ miti' 

gate. p. 100. 
Mell. honey. Lat. MeL 
Menfe the faucht. s. meajure the 

battle. To give to menie, is, 

to gvve above the meafure. 

Twelve and one to the naenfcy 
• is common iMtb children in 

their play. p. 96. 
Menzie.s.meaney.r^ftffWf^ torn' 

pany. 
Meffager. f. meffenger. 
Mirke. s. dark^ black. 
Mirry. s. men, merry. 
Milkaryed. mifcarriedm 
Miller, s. to need. 
Mo, moe. more. 
Moiening. by means of. fir. 
Mome. a dull^ fiupid perfon. 
Mone. moon. 
More, mure. %• moor, marfij 

ground. 
Mores, hills, p. 4. mores ant 

the fenne. q. d. bill and daU> 
Morrte. p. 68. the mom. on the 

morronxj : in the morning. 
Mornyng. p. 44. mourning. 
Mote I thee, might I thrive. 

Mowe. 



Movre. may, 

^uchele boft. mickle boajfy 

great boaft, 
Alude. s. mood* 
IVlulne. miU, 
Murae, murnt, murning. s. 

mourfii mourned^ mourning* 
Myzt 5 myzty. might j mighty. 

N. 

JJathelcs. nevertbelefs, 
Neat* oxen, coivs, large cattle, 
Neatherd, a keeper of cattle, 
NeatrefTe. a female ditto, 
Neir. s. ner,nere, ne'er ^ ne*ver, 
Ncre. p, z6^, ne 'were ; loere it 

notfor* 
Neft ; nyeft. next ; neareft. 
Noble, a gold coin in <value 20 

groats, or 6s. Bd, 
Nom. p, 8. took, Nome, name, 
Non. none. None, noon. 
Nonce, purpofe, for the nonce. 

for the occafion, 
^orlan. s. northern, 
Norfe. s. NoriMay, 
Nou. nonju, 
^out : nocht. s. nought; alfo, 

not, Nout. p, 10. feems for 

* ne mought.' 
Nowght. nought. 
JMowls. noddles, heads. 

Qcht. s. ought, 

Oferlyng. fuperior, paramount j 

oppofed to underling. 
On. p. 44. one, an, 
On-lofte./. 18. aloft. 
Or. ere, before. 
Orifons. s. praters, f, praifons. 



A G L O S S A R Y. 37^ 

Ou, cure. /. 7,jou,your. ibid* 



our. 

Out alas ! exclamation of grief. 
Owene : awcn, ain. s, own. 

P. 

Parde, perdie. *verilj, f. par 

dieu. 
Pees, ^k. peace, 
Pele. a baker"* s peel, 
Pentarchye of tenfes. f've ten^ 

pes, 

Perchmine. f. parchment. 
Per fay. s. <veri[v. f. par foy. 
Perkln. diminuti<ve of Peter. 
Perfit. s. pearced. pierced, 
Petye. pity. 
Vtyn.pam. 

Pibiochs. s. Highland ijuar^ 
tunes. 

Pilch, p. 20. a 'veflment made qf 

Jkins, 
Playand. s. playing. 
Plett. s. platted, 
Piowmell.^. 2. 
Poll-catl a cant *word for 41 

*whore. 
PowUs. polls, heads. 
Preft. f. ready. 
PrieFe. /. 78. pro^e. 
Prove . />. 41 . proof, • 
Prude, p. 4. pride, 
Puing. 8. pulling. 
Purchafed. />. 12. procured, 
Purvaycd. provided, 

N 

Quat. s. quitted. 

Quaint.^. 21%, cunning. p, 239, 

nice. p. . fantafiical, 
Q:^\,p, 1%^, cruel, miir4ero^$. 

■Quillets, 



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A GLOSSARY. 



Ottillttd. quihMes. 1. quidlibet. 
Qujle. 8. txfbile, 
i^yt, 8. qitite, 

Qwyknit* s. quickendf reporid 
to life. 

R. 

Rae. a roe, 

Kaik. 9. to go apace. Raik oft 

rsiyv.gofaft in a Pbiv. 
Raught. reacbedf gmned^ ob' 

tamed. 
Readme, realm. 
Rede, red deT/. 9. read. 
Redfyread.^. ^o,ad*uife,advicg. 
Redrefie. p. 64. care, lab$ftr» 
Refe, re ve, reeve, bailiff »^ 
Reid. s. adinfe. 
Remeid. s. remedy m 
Rcfcous. refcues, 
Reve. /. 19. bereame^ deprive. 
Revers. s. robbers^ pirateSy ro' 

versm 
Rew. 8. take pity. 
Rifc.^. 26^. /boot, bujbyjbruh. 
Rive./. a68. rj/i?, abounding. 
l^ood loft, ibe place in tbe cburcb 

nvbere the images wjerefet up, 
Rudd. fuddinefs } complexion. - 
Rude. 8. rood* ^ro/j. 
Rueli bones. /. 18. bmes di- 

'verjly coloured J. rigle, query. 
Rugged, pi %i* pulled nvttb 

wiolence. 
Ruftiy. 8. p, 71. Jbould be rafhy 

gaii*, rujby ftuff 5 ground co- 

n)ered iJuitb ru/bes. 
Ruthc. p, 41 . pity. p. to^.tvoe. 
Ryvire. rue. 

S. 

Saif. t.fave, Szvtly. fflfely* 



SdSMe.feiiud* 

Say,/. 27. ^i^, attempt, 

Scznt. fcarce, 

Schaw. s,fio*{v. 

Schene. s. Jbeen : /bitting ; lir« 

brigbtnefu 
Schiples. %./biplefs, 
Scho. t./be. 
Schuke. z./book. 
Sclat. /(z/^: p. xft. Utile table' 

book of/lates to nvrite upon. 
Scot, taxyrenjenue. p, 5. ayeafs 

tax of tbe kingdom. 
Se J fene j feying.y?^ j J!r«r 5 Jir- 

See, feed. %.fea,fetts. 

Scly, {tt\y,fiUy,Jimple. 

Selven./%I 

Selver, ^1Iler^>s;y$ifol^• 

Sen. t.fiuce. 

Senvy. muftard-feed. f. fenvie. 

Sevc. /. tSS.feven, 

Sey vow./. ii.y^Ty /tf, ieUym. 

Scyd, t,fepw. 

Shave,/.6%. be ftxxvtJbeenfianjen 

Sheeve. a great /See 9r wnckeoM 

0/ bread, p. 238. 
Shimmered. p/f/f^A/. 
Shirt of maK. ro^ ^^ jRuaf. 
Sho. »,.^r. 
Shopei p. *6i. betook me f/bt^ 

n^courfe, 
Shortc. s.Jborten. 
Shrive, confefs. Item, bear cm* 

feffion. 
Shynand. s.fiinittf, 
Shurting. recreattony dinferfem^ 

paflime. Fid* Gaw. DwgL 

Glofs. 
Shunted, /bunned. 
Sich, fic. 8. /Ucb, Stch. t./l:gk 
Side. s./% 270. kng. 
Sindlt, s,feldom. 

Sittetk 



A G L OS S A R Y. 381 

Sitteth.// j<. Stoup of weir. 8. fiUar rf'war* 

Six-mens fong. #. 14.. afingfir Strike. p,iz, ftricken, 

fix voices •. Stra, ftrae. s.Jfravj. 

Skatthf {oLthrbarmi mtfcbief. Suthe, Twith. foon^ ouickly. 

Skalk.^ 129. Suore bi ys chyn. f^om hj his 
Skinker. wt tbaiferves drink. chin, 

Skinkled. s. glittered. ^wvLrcfweariffg^ oathm 

Skomfit. dijcomfit, $wa, fa. fo. 

Skoi. Jhot^rechmn^. Swarvde, fwanred* cUmhed. 

Sl9!agxtd.JUt,broketntoJpiinierj. Swaird. the frajly furface of the 
81e 9 flea, (ley, (to . flay. ground. 

Sonde, a frefent. Swearde, rwcrd./iMvri. 

Sone. foon. p. 9. fin. p. . fun* Swevens. dreams. 

Bonn. p. %6$.Jun. Swipping. p. ^l.flrikingfofim 

Soth, ftotk. truth \ alfi, true . Swipples. /. 2 1. 

$oothly, truly. Swinkers. labourers. 

SouliDff. f. 238. 'viSuaBing. Swyving. 'wboring* 

SowTc is fliUufed in the north Syke. flgb. 

fpr any tbfHgeaten 'with bread. Syn. /ince. Sync. s. then. 

A.S.Suple.8uFol.7oA.2i.5. Syfticmell. /. 60. (/J&ffl^i: 

Sowne.yotfifi. p. 4^. (rbythmi Syth.fince. 
gr.) T- 

Spec. ^p^9 fptck, s. Jpake. 

Spcnce. expeuce. Take. /. » 5 . taken, 

SpHt. 9.Jpoik. -Taken. 8.^« loo. token^figm* 

$j^lt,Jboulder.f.tCp9,n\e.p.i^o. Targt target, JhieU. 

itfeems to mean " amfptt:^ Te. ^t?. te make. ^, 3. to make. 

Stalw^rt.^Mf/. Tche.» interieQion of laughing^ 

Startopes. bujinns worn by ruf- Tent. s. heed. 

ties, laced do'wn before. Terry, perhaps diminutive ^ 

Steady ftede.//e?rr. Theodore. 

Steir. $./i>. Tha. ^. 22. them. Th^Ahougim 

StsLfleel. ftcilly «. //^fy. Thare, theire, thcr, thore. there. 

$itonnd,time.^^un6,a'*tohile. The. thee. 

• So Shakelpear ufes, three man song-men in his Winter'* 
Tale. A. ^.fc. 3. to denote men that could fmg catches compoCed 
for three voices. Of thefe fort are Weelkes's madrigals men* 
tioned above in p. 170. A learned friend doubts whether the 
original phrafe was not six-muns song, &c. mun iignlfiw 
Mouth in all the northern dtale£ls, and is ftili £0 ufecKin the north 
of England. Rvt Shakefp. has Three-man beetle, i. e. « 
beetle or ram^ier worked by three men. 2 Hen. 4. A. i. fc. '^. 

Tke 



3?» A G L O S S A R V. 

The God.p.%4^feemseefttra3' 

ed jor The he. i. d. higbGod. V. 
Thii. f, »68. they. 

Thi feme, f, 9. ibf fon. Vair. Somerfitjb, diaUa^fmt^ 

Thilke. Vm. Valziant. s. 'vaGant. 

Thir towrnonds. s. /i&^ invehe Vazem. Som. ferbapsyfrnth. 

months. Uch. fflrA, 

Tho. thin, p, 3*. /i&^. ^ve. /. i6S« $om.fioe. 

Thole ithMd.Jiifer I fufered^ Vnhtthought. Betbougbt. 

Thouft. tbqu/halty orfiouldeft. Uncertain. s.p.Sj, doubtful, of 

Thrang. s. throng, perhaps, in certain, i. e. fir 

Thrawis. s. throes. certain, 

T^hr'ittithoutent. thirty thou/and^ Unmufit. s. undt/furbed, vn* 

Thrie. 8. thrc. three. confounded, perb, unmuvit. 

Thrif. thrive. Unfonfte. s. uniucfy^ unfortU" 

ThnicH, throuch. s. through. , nate. 

Thud./. 100. noife of a fall, Vriers. Som. friers, p. %-j'j. (it 

Tibbc. diminutive ofTabitha s is Vicars in PCC.J 

or per haps invertedfyf or Bidde, Uthers. s. others, 
diminuti've of Bridget. 

Tift. s. puff of wind. W. 
Tild down. p. %66. pitched, qu. 

Till. 8. to. p. 16. when^uery. Vlz.i.p.iZ.tvay.p. lyt.tvaS* 

Timkin. diminutive oj Timothy . Waine. <waggon. 

Tint. s. loft. • Wallowit. 9. faded, ivitbered. 

Too-fall. 8. twilight. Wame. 8. womb. 

Traiteiy e. treafon. Wan neir. s. drenvnear. 

Trie. s. tre. tree. Wanrufe. s. uneafy, 

Trichard. treacherous, f. tri- Vf^XKiMvu^t. wary and wife* 

cheur. ^ Ws^rd.s. watch, fentittel* 

Trifthen. trick, deceive, Warke. s. work. 

Trough, trouth. troth. Wadd. s. world. 

Trow, think, believe. Waryd. s. accurfed. 

Trumped.p.i 6. perhaps trzmp' Wate. s. weete, wete, wit, 

ed. trampled. witte, wot, wote, wotte. 

Trumps./. 21, know, 

Tuke gude keip. s. kept a clofe Weale, wcel, weil, wclc, 8. welL 

eye upon her. V/ieJ;. s. -vjet. 

Turaes a crab./r. at the fire : V/cid. s. wcde, weed, cloatbsg 

roafts a crab. clothing. 

Twirtle twift. s. p, 93. tha- We it. s,p, ^z.witb it. 

roughly twified I ^Uwijied,"* Wtldfligt. ruling, 

or** twirled twifi.''{.toriiliG. Wcind. 



A GLOSSARY. 



383 



VITcind. s.wende, went^weende. 

nveenedy thought, 
"Wcne y weneft. ^ween ; lAieeneft, 
A^end, wendtn. go^ 
"WTcnde. luent, p. 9. wendetb. 

goeth. 

AVereth. p. 463. defendeth, 
"V^erre : weir. s. iajot, Waris. 

s. ivar^j, . . 
"Wes. <z;i;/z/. 
'Weftlin. s. nvejiern, 
"W^hcdcr./. 30. nuhither. 
^^helyng. iLheeling. 
"Whig, fiur ivbeyy or butter" 

mUk, 
"Wildings, woild apples > 
Wirkewiflicr. xuori^ moreivtfely, 
Wifpes and kixes. ^.23. 'whif- 

pes and hexes. 
"Wifs j wift. ib?oTjy ; knetv, 
Withou^en. 'without. 
"Wobftcr. s. webfter, njoe^verm 
"Wode-ward. /. 37. toivards the 

ivood. 
Woe worth, ivoe he to \thee,'\ 
Won. luonty ufage. 
Wonder.^, zjo. luonderfully. 
Wote, wot. knoiAj* I wote. ^verily 
WorfhipfullyTrended.^.24.9. ^ 

ivorjbipful friends . 
Wreake. purfui revengefully, 
Wfeuch. s. tjoretcbednefs. 
Wrouzt. ^wrought, 
Wynneji. -xuzV*, gain, 
Wifle. p, 8. direSl. govern^ 
take care of, A.-S. pipr^an : 



y. 

Y. /. Y fynge. IJing, 
Yae. s. each, 

Y beare ; Y-borcn . beare 5 ^isncr^ 
y© Y founde.yotfff^. Y-nud^ 
made, Y-wonnc. loosu 
Y-core. cbofeu, 
Y- wis . [/ InoTJu'] ^verify. 
Y-zote. molten, melted, 
Yalping. s, yelping, 
Ycholde, yef. IJbouldf if, 
Yeardcd. ^.267. 
Yede, yode. nvent, ■ 
Yfere. together, 
Yf, if, 
Yll, ill. 

Yn. boufe, home, 
Ys./. io,is,p,^,his.p, ^,himi% 

Zacring bell, ^om, Sacring bell. 
a little bell rung to gi<ve ««- 
tice of the ele'vation of the 
hoft. (It is Zeering in PCC.} 

Zee : zeene. Som,fee : feen, 

Zef. yef. if, 

Zcirs. s. years, 

Zeme. take care of. A, S, 
jemian. 

Zerit. through. A. S. jeonb. 
Zeltrene. s.yejier-e^en^ 
Zit. s. ztuyet, 
Zou d . s ,youdy you nMOuld, 
Zule. s. yule, chriftmas, 
Zung. s, young. 



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384 POST-SCRIP Ti 

fignijui " a futie firiun, vtrfi** tr " fetm" i fir in tb^ 
finfit it it u/tdby the A^U-Saxen Wiritm. Tim K. ^IfnJ 
in bit Boetiui, bailing given « verfitu »f Ub, 3, metr. j. 
tuUt, Dar* pirBom tb) tiur pitCA ■piasea kc^^e,/- 6$. i-t. 
** Wbn v^fiiam bad f^tng tbtfi [fitt)] -vtrfit." And im 
tbt PrMm, It Ibt femt book Ioaoaj.ixx», " Palimtt [pitt} 
" vtr/t" St in Cedmon, p. ^J. Feonb on yi.vc*,Jitmt ti 
mtan " nrnpafii a fenr," or " ftfm." 

Spmjer bai u/id tht femt tufrd to dttntt " a firm* tf 
" ma^:" Jrl bit tttm, Cei-IIT CUuts tern* heme ag^dn, 
mbertbe/ajj, TheSbepherd ofthe ocf an [Str H^alt. R^gb] 

Provoked mc to plky lone plsafiuit fit, 
AnA when he twutl the nnficfc which I naile 

He found bimTelf full grcsdye pleu'd at it, &c. 
VarieuiinftanctttuilliifiiMliatbemextvalimt. SutbeG^ft. 



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